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

Since seizing power, the Taliban has reimposed many of the restrictions that defined its earlier rule from 1996 to 2001. —Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025

But Russia has been especially critical of the European effort to reimpose sanctions on Iran, arguing that the Europeans failed to implement economic commitments to Iran and lost the right to trigger the return of sanctions. —Richard Gowan, Time, 22 Sep. 2025

If a deal on an extension can’t be reached by the end of September 27 then all UN sanctions will be reimposed. —Reuters, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025

In late 2023, the Biden administration drastically scaled back sanctions, only to reimpose them a year later after Venezuela backtracked on its obligations. —Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reimpose

• agarose
• aliquots
• amigos
• anthracnose
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• calicoes
• cameos
• commandos
• conversos
• decompose