enforce

To make sure people obey a law, rule, or agreement.

• Police enforce the speed limit.
• The school enforced its rules strictly.
• Who will enforce the new parking ban?

Similar words: uphold, implement

Common phrases: enforce the law, enforce a rule, enforce a ban, enforce a contract

To take action against a person or online account for breaking a rule.

• Moderators can enforce these accounts.
• The platform enforced against users who shared stolen content.
• Several accounts were enforced after repeated violations.

How to use it: enforce against someone/something (Moderators can enforce against accounts that repeatedly post spam.)

Similar words: penalize, sanction

Common phrases: enforce an account, enforce against someone

To make a statement, argument, or piece of evidence stronger or more forceful.

• These facts enforce his argument.
• The witness enforced her claim with further evidence.
• He repeated the warning to enforce its importance.

Similar words: strengthen, reinforce, emphasize

Opposites: weaken

Common phrases: enforce an argument, enforce a claim, enforce someone's evidence