English-Swedish translations for sanction

sanktionenSanktion mot sanktion, vedergällning mot vedergällning.Sanction for sanction, retaliation for retaliation. Dessutom krävs en entydig sanktionering.Unambiguous sanctions are also required. Ni säger att det inte är sanktioner.You say they are not sanctions.
påföljdEn allvarlig förseelse medför en straffrättslig påföljd.For a serious offence, a criminal sanction will apply. En större förseelse medför en större administrativ påföljd.For a larger offence, a larger administrative sanction applies. Det förefaller vara en påföljd som skulle drabba politikerna och inte folket.That seems to me to be a sanction that would hit the politicians, but not the people.

An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid
A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body
A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above
To ratify; to make valid
To penalize with sanctions

The whalers had been operating in the contested waters off the island with sanction from the Japanese government
The United States enacted a new round of sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa

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