as in prohibitions
an order that something not be done or used
a written interdiction against the wearing of clothing incorporating gang colors
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Recent Examples of interdictions
So even massive interdictions like this are only scratching the surface.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Also, some countries have cooperation agreements with the South American nation for drug interdictions.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2025
These interdictions included hundreds of thousands of pounds of drugs as well as humans attempting to be smuggled into the United States.
—Mike Garcia, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Also, some countries have cooperation agreements with the South American nation for drug interdictions.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2025
These interdictions included hundreds of thousands of pounds of drugs as well as humans attempting to be smuggled into the United States.
—Mike Garcia, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interdictions
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Brand, the Penn State Dickinson Law professor, told NPR that, as recipients of federal money, airports may face prohibitions on how to use that funding and that refusing to play the video could insulate them from future legal issues.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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But California and other states have passed similar laws to enable local prosecutors to enforce such prohibitions.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Oct. 2025
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More schools are adopting policies banning cell phones, from all-out bans that forbid students from taking their phones out at any time of day to more flexible policies that allow older students to have their phones out during lunch or other breaks.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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In 1948, two years after the NHL Board of Governors' warning, Billy Taylor and Don Gallinger were issued lifetime bans for betting on games.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Interdictions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interdictions. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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