Zero tolerance

No crime or law breaking big or small will be overlooked.



As the name of a form of policing this term came into use in the USA in the 1970's. This method typically involved allocating additional law-enforcement resources to areas where some form of crime, e.g. mugging or prostitution, was endemic and then applying the strict and uncompromising letter of the law.



Ex: The government has a zero tolerance policy on smuggling drugs. Anyone caught in possession of narcotics will be tried with possession with the intent to sell whether they intended to or no.



Spanish: tolerancia cero



German: Nulltoleranz