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invoke

 
 
/ɪnˈvəʊk/ verb [T] formal

Translation

to use a law, rule, etc to support what you are saying or doing
...dan/den alıntı yapmak/destek almak/aktarma yapmak
The President may invoke federal law to stop the strike.684
(Definition of invoke verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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