"To enforce the curfew" means to make sure that people obey the rule of staying inside their homes or following certain restrictions during a specific time period, usually at night. Full definition
The other concentrated on one night in July 1970 when an army of women marched arm in arm into the town of Lower Falls to face the guns of the British Army enforcing a curfew in a Catholic community. (premierchristianity.com)
The Chicago Police Department will be adding two off - duty officers to catch students skipping school, four off - duty officers to work peak crime hours from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., and four off - duty officers enforcing curfew Fridays and Saturdays. (articles.chicagotribune.com)
«Our position is we have always enforced curfews; otherwise we would have thousands of people sleeping all over the capital grounds.» (nytimes.com)