All lay down the law synonyms

verb lay down the law

• chide — If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
• berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
• criticize — If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
• disparage — to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
• dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
• take over — the act of taking.
• taunt — to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
• upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
• rebuke — to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
• chastise — If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
• prohibit — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
• set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
• forbid — to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
• instruct — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
• inflict — to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
• dictate — If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
• beckon — If you beckon to someone, you signal to them to come to you.
• proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• grant — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
• debar — If you are debarred from doing something, you are prevented from doing it by a law or regulation.
• compel — If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
• charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
• call — a demand for redeemable bonds or shares to be presented for repayment
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• cite — If you cite something, you quote it or mention it, especially as an example or proof of what you are saying.
• oblige — to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
• bid — A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it.
• warn — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
• interdict — Civil Law. any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.
• adjure — to command, often by exacting an oath; charge
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• task — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• impose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
• ordain — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
• summon — to call upon to do something specified.
• requisition — the act of requiring or demanding.
• subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
• ban — To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
• order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
• ordinate — Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
• force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
• decide — If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
• pronounce — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
• rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• prescribe — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
• command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.