interdiction
12
8.9
- noun
- /ˌɪntərˈdɪkʃən/
- Formal
:
prohibición
- The interdiction against smoking in public places has helped improve air quality in the area.
- drug interdiction
- law enforcement and interdiction
- law interdiction
Examples
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Only the Army and Marine assessment of drug interdiction fell below a 3.
Academic text (2000) -
Since 1981, the United States has spent $25 billion on foreign interdiction and source country programs.
Academic text (1997) -
But anyway, so I was assigned to the airport interdiction team at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
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The influence of the United States on international criminal law enforcement and drug interdiction has begun to affect these attitudes.
Academic text (1994) -
Meanwhile, the prevention of catastrophic terrorism depends on the interdiction of the people and materials.
Academic text (1998) -
In Drayton, police officers boarded a Greyhound bus as part of a drug interdiction effort and interviewed passengers.
Academic text (2017) -
Specific tasks include combating criminality in urban areas, drug interdiction, and evicting intruders from protected Indian reserves in the Amazon.
Academic text (1993) -
The government issued an interdiction that prohibited the sale of fireworks in the city.
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After the new interdiction was announced, many residents followed the rules and avoided illegal gatherings.
Synonyms
293
1.2
An official rule that stops people from doing something
108
3.5
An official instruction from a court telling someone to do or stop doing something
78
8.0
An order from a court that stops someone from doing something
57
6.1
Stopping people from expressing opinions or practising traditions by force
48
4.4
An official rule that stops people from doing something
27
7.2
An official order from a person or government in power that people must follow
8
3.9
Making something not allowed by law or officials
4
7.9
A court order telling someone to stop a certain action
3
5.8
A rule or law that stops something from happening
3
8.8
An official rule that bans something or someone, usually by law
1
8.1
An official order that stops a person or group from doing certain things
1
7.2
An official decision not to accept a claim, for example a tax expense
A court order that stops a person or group from doing a specific act
An official order not to do something
Antonyms
Compounds
How Prohibitive
- Formal
150
6.8
- Formal
12
8.9
- Formal
48
4.4
293
1.2
340
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Interdiction comes from Latin parts inter- ('between') and dicere ('to say'), and the old verb interdicere came to mean 'to forbid'. You can see the same dic- root in dictate and dictionary, so an interdiction is an official order that says something must not happen.