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law and order
noun
- strict control of crime and repression of violence, sometimes involving the possible restriction of civil rights.
law-and-order
noun
- modifier favouring or advocating strong measures to suppress crime and violence
a law-and-order candidate
Word History and Origins
Origin of law and order1
Idioms and Phrases
Strict enforcement of laws, especially for controlling crime. For example, Our candidate is always talking about law and order . The concept behind this term was stated by Aristotle. Today, however, it also carries the implication of infringing on civil rights in the course of too arduous law enforcement. [Late 1500s]Example Sentences
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general sent a clear signal through Washington on Wednesday that Trump intends for his Justice Department to take a sharp-elbowed, hyper-partisan approach to law and order — one that is both unquestioningly loyal to Trump and openly antagonistic toward his political opponents, legal and political experts said.
At her husband’s Madison Square Garden rally just weeks before Election Day, she delivered short but pointed remarks in line with the Trump campaign's law and order messaging, painting New York City as a “great metropolis” in decline due to rampant crime.
This, he promises, will “give you and your children law and order.”
Alfonso said he wanted a candidate who was both compassionate on some of San Francisco’s top issues and able to “restore law and order.”
Republicans claim to be the party of law and order.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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