Sarbanes-Oxley Act
To help restore confidence in corporations and markets, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which criminalized securities fraud and stiffened penalties for corporate fraud.
stiffened
Some synonyms for the verb stiffened are made rigid, firmed, fixed, hardened, petrified, reinforced, or tensed.
verb
To become or make stiff or stiffer.
stiff
loosened slacked eased released
Buckram: a stiffened cloth.
So your windpipe won't collapse when you move your head.
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Elizabethan beards were stiffened, starched, powdered, perfumed, waxed and even dyed a "fashionable red." Elizabethan beards were stiffened, starched, powdered, perfumed, waxed and even dyed a "fashionable red."
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