invoke

/ɪnˈvəʊk/ verb [T] formal

Definition

› to use something such as a law to help you when you want to do something: Regulators said they would invoke legal powers to enforce the change.

› IT to make a computer program start working: invoke sth from sth You may have to invoke the program from the command line.

(Definition of invoke verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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