enforce

Definition

  • verb: to make (a law, rule, etc.) active or effective
  • verb: to give force to
  • synonyms: strengthen

Examples

  • She works in 'law enforcement'. [=she works for the police]

  • trying to 'enforce' obedience/cooperation

  • This is not an 'enforceable' contract.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Look, Frank, the time has come. We gotta expand. The whoIe operation. Distribution. New York, Chicago, LA. We gotta set our own mark and enforce it. We gotta think big now. Think big. Let me teII you something about that greasebaII cocksucker. He is a snake, that's what he is. (..)
    1983 Scarface