réprimer

Meaning

to suppress, quell (stop the spread of something considered bad or wrong)
to repress, stifle (prevent the growth of)
to repress, muffle (prevent someone speaking out)
to hold back, to stunt (make someone refrain from doing something)
to cut down, subdue (reduce the level of, e.g. crime)

issue judgement against

clamp down

stamp down

pin something down

hold something down

distrain

find guilty

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁe.pʁi.me/

Borrowed from Latin reprimō.

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