reimpose

verb

re·im·pose | \ (ˌ)rē-im-ˈpōz

reimposed; reimposing

Definition of reimpose

: 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