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

Still, if the sanctions were lifted now, North Korea could reasonably hope they won’t be reimposed. —Andrei Lankov, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2025

Now that the dust has settled, Israel is again calling on European nations that are still part of the Obama-era JCPOA to reimpose U.N. sanctions against Iran. —Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 July 2025

During his first term in 2018, Trump ditched a 2015 nuclear pact between Iran and six powers and reimposed sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economy. —Reuters, NBC news, 10 June 2025

Consumers should still brace for higher prices and a slowing economy, at least in the near term, while the Fed is even more likely to stay on the sidelines until the appeals process proceeds and/or the administration finds other ways to reimpose tariffs. —Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 10 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reimpose

• agarose
• aliquots
• amigos
• anthracnose
• bottlenose
• buffaloes
• bungalows
• calicoes
• cameos
• commandos
• conversos
• decompose