sanction

Definition

Examples

The country faced economic sanctions after it broke the trade agreement.

Word Family

Synonyms

• penaltythe act of punishing
• embargoa government order imposing a trade barrier
• authorizationa document giving an official instruction or command

Collocations

• Easy official government sanctions
  describing official government sanctions (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
• Medium impose economic sanctions on rogue regimes
  to impose economic sanctions on rogue regimes, meaning to compel to behave in a certain way
• Hard operate without statutory sanction or authorization
  to operate without statutory sanction or authorization, meaning to direct or control; projects, businesses, etc
• Very Hard risk severe punitive sanctions for non-compliance
  to risk severe punitive sanctions for non-compliance, meaning to expose to a chance of loss or damage