Authority to
Impose and authority to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Impose" instead a verb "Authority to".
Impose
Impose verb - To establish or apply as a charge or penalty.
Authority to and impose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authority to" instead a verb "Impose".
Both terms in one sentence
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He violently resists any attempt by any form of authority to bring him to justice or impose any kind of richly deserved punishment - whether that authority be the local policeman, or the devil himself.
Source: Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist -
He specifically states that acting morally means even more out in the black without an authority to impose it.
Source: The Anti-Nihilist -
In The Tome of Bill, the leader of a vampire coven has the authority to impose certain rules.
Source: Atrocious Alias
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