Betekenis van sanction In het Nederlands

• 0 an official order, such as the stopping of trade, that is taken against a country in order to make it obey international law:

  • Many nations have imposed sanctions on the country because of its attacks on its own people.

  • Trade/economic sanctions will only be lifted (= stopped) when the aggressor nation withdraws its troops.

  • Without realistic sanctions, some teachers have difficulty keeping order in the classroom.

• 1 approval or permission, especially formal or legal:

  • They tried to get official sanction for the plans.

• 2 to formally give permission for something:

  • The government was reluctant to sanction intervention in the crisis.

• 3 approval or permission:

  • To be just, a government must have the sanction of the governed.

• 4 an official action taken against a government to force it to behave in a particular way or as punishment for not doing so:

  • trade/economic sanctions

• 5 to formally permit something:

  • The UN sanctioned intervention in the crisis.

• 6 an official order to stop or limit trade or communication with a country in order to make it obey international law:

  • sanctions on sth This averted the threat of American sanctions on Japanese car exports.

  • impose sanctions against/on sb The UN Security Council imposed sanctions on the country to curb its nuclear program.

  • economic/financial/trade sanctions

  • drop/ease/lift sanctions

  • apply/enforce sanctions

  • international sanctions

• 7 a punishment given when someone does not obey a rule or a law:

  • criminal/legal sanctions

  • The State Department needs to determine how it will apply sanctions.

  • He could face sanctions if a judge concludes he violated the terms of his probation.

• 8 formal or legal approval or permission:

  • sanction for sth Agricultural companies in the area cannot get official sanction for logging.

• 9 to formally give permission for something:

  • sanction a bid/deal The directors would only sanction an €18 million bid.

  • The government has sanctioned 20% income tax relief .

• 10 to punish someone for not obeying a law or rule:

  • sanction sb for (doing) sth The state is threatening to sanction employers for hiring illegal workers.