overregulate

Related to overregulate: finalised, roughed, took over

o·ver·reg·u·late

O0190200 (ō′vər-rĕg′yə-lāt′)tr.v. o·ver·reg·u·lat·ed, o·ver·reg·u·lat·ing, o·ver·reg·u·lates To burden excessively with rules and regulations: did not want to overregulate the airlines.
o′ver·reg′u·la′tion n.

overregulate

(ˌəʊvəˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪt) vb (tr) to apply rules and regulations excessively to (something)