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

In June, the Trump administration reimposed a travel ban that affects 19 countries, citing poor passport vetting procedures and a high number of citizens overstaying visas in the US. —Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025

Under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the Iran nuclear deal agreed in 2015, sanctions can be reimposed on Iran's military and trade sectors—targeting key figures with travel bans and assets freezes—if Tehran is found to have violated the JCPOA. —Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025

This would automatically reimpose those sanctions, which target sectors from hydrocarbons to banking and defence. —Reuters, NBC news, 25 July 2025

France's foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, said France and its partners are justified in reimposing global embargoes on arms, banks and nuclear equipment that were lifted 10 years ago. —Jackie Northam, NPR, 24 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reimpose

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• conversos
• decompose