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 former president previously sought to appeal the order before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who temporarily relieved him in mid-October but reimposed it after several more days of considering Trump's request. —Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2023

The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case in Washington on Sunday reimposed a narrow gag order barring him from making public comments targeting prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses. —CBS News, 29 Oct. 2023

The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington on Sunday reimposed a narrow gag order barring him from making public comments targeting prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses. —Alanna Durkin Richer, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2023

Since that didn't happen, the FCC shouldn't reimpose the rules now, Carr says. —Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2023

There have been a series of such incidents since then-U.S. president Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal and reimposed crippling sanctions on the Islamic republic. —CBS News, 29 Sep. 2023

One of the two measures approved by Dahlstrom would reimpose limits on the size of donations to Alaska political campaigns. —James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2023

In recent months authorities have moved to crack down on that visible show of dissent, restoring the morality police to the streets and seeking to reimpose the mandatory hijab laws. —Sara Mhaidli, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2023

Iran is trying to reimpose strict dress codes months after a wave of unrest in which women and girls removed their headscarves in protest following the death of a young woman who had been detained by morality police. —Amin Khodadadi, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above