circumscribe

1. V-T If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted. 限制[正式]

The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed. 军方明显担心，在他的管辖下，各种活动都将受到严格限制。

There are laws circumscribing the right of individual citizens to cause bodily harm to others. 限制公民对他人造成人身伤害的规定是有法可依的。