reimpose

verb

re·​im·​pose (ˌ)rē-im-ˈpōz 

reimposed; reimposing

transitive verb

: to impose (something) again

Months would pass, and one police officer would die, before Canadian soldiers reimposed order.

—John Kalbfleisch

The state of siege, which had been briefly lifted, was reimposed …

—Isabel Hilton

… [U.S.] allies have usually been reluctant to reimpose sanctions after many were lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear accord.

—Mark Landler et al.

… said he will ask his country's congress to reimpose the death penalty, which has been suspended since 2006 …

—Irish Examiner (online)

EU governments in the passport-free Schengen zone would be able to reimpose border controls when faced with extraordinary flows of migrants …

—BBC News (online)

… residents could vote to reimpose property taxes in order to provide additional local funding.

—Lonnie Harp

reimposition

(ˌ)rē-ˌim-pə-ˈzi-shən 

noun

plural reimpositions

… doesn't want the forcible reimposition of a right-wing dictatorship.

—Christopher Hitchens

Examples of reimpose in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The terrorist designation reimposes sanctions on Cuba's government, cutting off funds to the corrupt regime. —Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025

Washington should instead adopt a gradual approach, working with its European partners, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, to trigger, or threaten to trigger, the snapback mechanism contained in the Iran deal, which would reimpose UN Security Council sanctions predating the JCPOA on Iran. —Nicole Grajewski, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2025

Despite roughly 15 months of a brutal military campaign, in the days since the ceasefire commenced, Hamas has deployed its fighters to the streets to oversee aid convoys, reimpose security, stop looting, and start restoring basic services to parts of Gaza, according to Reuters. —Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Jan. 2025

Trump reimposed the sanctions and introduced additional punitive measures. —Dan De Luce, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above