law enforcement

English Thesaurus

1. ensuring obedience to the laws (noun.act)

hypernym	:	enforcement,
definition	:	the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to (noun.act)

hyponym	:	vigilantism,
definition	:	the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws (noun.act)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)