verb (v)

• impose something unpleasant(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  bring down, impose, visit
  

  source: wordnet30
• To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal.(verb)

  source: webster1913