law enforcement (noun)
1law enforcement — UK US noun [U] GOVERNMENT, LAW ► the activity of making certain that the laws of an area are obeyed: »His early career was in law enforcement. law enforcement officials/officers »Several law enforcement officers were sent to Mexico to bring the… …
2law enforcement — noun ensuring obedience to the laws (Freq. 4) • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑enforcement • Hyponyms: ↑vigilantism * * * law enforcement UK US …
3law enforcement agency — noun an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws • Hypernyms: ↑agency, ↑federal agency, ↑government agency, ↑bureau, ↑office, ↑authority • Hyponyms: ↑Federal Bureau o …
4law enforcement agent — UK US noun [countable] [singular law enforcement agent plural law enforcement agents] american a police officer Thesaurus: police officershyponym …
5law enforcement — noun Law enforcement is used before these nouns: ↑agency, ↑agent, ↑authority, ↑officer, ↑official, ↑personnel …
6law enforcement agent — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms law enforcement agent : singular law enforcement agent plural law enforcement agents American a police officer …
7law enforcement — law en,forcement noun uncount * the job of making sure that people obey the law …
8law enforcement agent — law en,forcement ,agent noun count AMERICAN a police officer …
9law enforcement — noun (U) the job of making sure that the law is obeyed …
10law enforcement — noun The various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals …
