Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Compelled; forced; not voluntary.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
enforce .
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- adjective forced or compelled or put in force
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Examples
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They were very angry at what they described as the enforced delay, and discussed with
The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective Louis Tracy 1895
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« Doctor implicated in enforced surgery in India granted bail
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Between the ice fields a couple of days after a snow to the absolute universality of double parking to dog poo, it seems like the only thing enforced is not letting poor people wash your window.
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Having the 10th amendment enforced is a Libs worst nightmare
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Doctor implicated in enforced surgery in India granted bail
Doctor implicated in enforced surgery in India granted bail 2009
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(Because otherwise you get into the argument taht the case for amnesty wikll be just as good 20 years from now and the idea that the law will be enforced is not credible)
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A system of complex tax rates, poorly enforced, is perhaps the worst of all possible worlds.
Complex System, Poorly Enforced, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Doctor implicated in enforced surgery in India granted bail « bird of paradox bird of paradox
Doctor implicated in enforced surgery in India granted bail 2009
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Most prisoners will be expected to work a full 40-hour week instead of spending their days in enforced idleness in cells, under plans to be unveiled by the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, today.
Ken Clarke to unveil plans for prisoners to work 40-hour week Alan Travis 2010
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