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enforce

/ enforce /

verb

verb Sense 1

ensure observance of laws and rules

"Apply the rules to everyone";"

Opposites:

exempt relieve free

Type of:

compel oblige obligate

Kinds of:

run execute

Derived:

enforcement hatchet man enforcer

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 2

compel to behave in a certain way

"Social relations impose courtesy"

Type of:

compel oblige obligate

Derived:

enforcement

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

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