verb
- Compel to behave in a certain way.
- usage: "Social relations impose courtesy"
- synonyms: enforce
- Impose something unpleasant.
- usage: "The principal visited his rage on the students"
- synonyms: inflict, bring down, visit
- Impose and collect.
- usage: "levy a fine"
- synonyms: levy
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