verb/ʁe.pʁi.me/
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)
Borrowed from Latin reprimō.