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

For example, the U.K.’s approach to fracking swung four times in less than ten years: Prime Minister Cameron supported it in 2014, Prime Minister Johnson imposed a moratorium in 2019, Prime Minister Truss lifted it in 2022, and Prime Minister Sunak reimposed the ban a month later. —Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025

Russia lifted the ban on Moldovan wine the following year but reimposed it in 2013 after Moldova expressed a desire to forge closer ties with the European Union. —Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025

Many of these parties are intent on changing the EU from within by reimposing nationalist policies in areas such as migration, security, and budgetary contributions to the alliance. —Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025

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

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above