Synonyms

implement apply

Examples

"Apply the rules to everyone";

Used in print

He told the committee the measure would merely provide means of enforcing the escheat law which has been on_the_books `` since Texas was a republic '' .

The escheat law cannot be enforced now because it is almost impossible to locate such property , Daniel declared .

This seems somewhat shortsighted since if the absolute educational qualifications for membership which the organizations profess are ever enforced , the educator will have the molding of the entire profession in his hands .

The codes are mechanism for training in , and directing and enforcing , uniform social interaction , and for continually and publicly reasserting the solidarity of the group .

Religion usually acts_as a powerful aid in social_control , enforcing what men should or should not do .

Related terms

exempt compel run clamp_down execute enforcement

Synonyms

impose

Examples

"Social relations impose courtesy"

Used in print

The attempt to enforce that belief ushered_in a reign of bootleggers , racketeers , hijackers and gangsters that led to a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history .

That tumultuous , painful and costly experience shows clearly that a law expressing a moral judgment cannot be enforced when it has little correspondence with the general view of society .

With troops dispersed on fields_of_battle rather than on the parade_ground , it may seem that a certain amount of monitoring is automatically enforced by the lines of communication .

Related terms

compel carry enforcement