law enforcement

See also: law-enforcement

English

Etymology

law +‎ enforcement

Noun

law enforcement (uncountable)

1. The task of ensuring obedience to law.

   Law enforcement is the duty of police, sheriffs and other government agencies.

2. The various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals.

   Another news report of law enforcement being corrupted, when does this end?

Usage notes

• This term normally excludes any private organizations such as private detectives or security guards.

Alternative forms

• law-enforcement

Translations

ensuring obedience to law

• Catalan: compliment de la llei m, aplicació de la llei f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 執法 (zh), 执法 (zh) (zhífǎ)

• Finnish: lain toimeenpano, lainvalvonta
• French: application de la loi
• Galician: cumprimento da lei m, aplicación da lei f
• Georgian: სამართალდაცვა (samartaldacva)
• Greek: επιβολή του νόμου f (epivolí tou nómou)

• Hungarian: rendfenntartás, bűnüldözés (hu), törvények betartatása, büntetés-végrehajtás
• Portuguese: aplicação da lei f, cumprimento da lei m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: правопримене́ние (ru) n (pravoprimenénije)
• Spanish: cumplimiento de la ley m, aplicación de la ley f

various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals

• Armenian: իրավապահ մարմիններ pl (iravapah marminner)
• Azerbaijani: hüquq-mühafizə orqanları
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 執法部門, 执法部门 (zhífǎ bùmén)

• Finnish: toimeenpanoviranomainen
• French: forces de l'ordre (fr)
• Georgian: კანონის გამტარებელი ორგანო (ḳanonis gamṭarebeli organo), სამართალდამცავი ორგანო (samartaldamcavi organo), სამართალდამცავი ხელისუფლება (samartaldamcavi xelisupleba)

• German: Strafverfolgung (de) f, Gesetzesvollzug m
• Hungarian: rendfenntartó szerv, bűnüldöző szerv, rendőri erők, rendőrség (hu)
• Italian: forze dell'ordine (it) f pl
• Portuguese: segurança (pt) f
• Romanian: organ juridic n, autoritate juridică f
• Russian: правоохрани́тельные о́рганы m pl (pravooxranítelʹnyje órgany)
• Spanish: fuerzas del orden f pl
• Ukrainian: правоохоро́нні о́ргани m pl (pravooxorónni órhany)

See also

• LE
• police
• sheriff
• FBI
• Interpol
• Scotland Yard

Further reading

• law enforcement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia