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as in prohibition
an order that something not be done or used
a written interdiction against the wearing of clothing incorporating gang colors
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as in prohibiting
the act of ordering that something not be done or used
the recent interdiction against open fires on the beach has riled summer revelers
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Recent Examples of interdiction
Last November, the service launched a VTOL drone produced by ShieldAI called the MQ-35 V-BAT from a cutter to intercept illicit narcotics at sea, with three interdictions made in one night.
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Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Will there be more interdictions of vessels carrying Iranian oil?
—CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
Coca production has ballooned under Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who has taken a light approach to drug interdictions, with the number of hectares planted almost doubling between 2016 and 2024.
—semafor.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Colombian authorities reported their own significant interdiction earlier in the week, seizing more than seven tons of cocaine from multiple vessels in the Caribbean and arresting 11 suspects.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
The twin-engine Seahawk is a helicopter used for anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, drug interdiction, anti-ship warfare, cargo lift, and special operations.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
The brutality of conformism, the draining of romantic love, the disavowal of human eroticism and desire—these are the tenets of the society that Singh and Musteata have drawn, with an impish humor, a society that must smell rank, given the interdiction against clean teeth.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
Speaking via video teleconference, Bove expressed skepticism about maritime interdictions and the value of prosecuting low-level drug runners caught at sea.
—Ryan Lucas, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Will there be more interdictions of vessels carrying Iranian oil?
—CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
Coca production has ballooned under Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who has taken a light approach to drug interdictions, with the number of hectares planted almost doubling between 2016 and 2024.
—semafor.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Colombian authorities reported their own significant interdiction earlier in the week, seizing more than seven tons of cocaine from multiple vessels in the Caribbean and arresting 11 suspects.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
The twin-engine Seahawk is a helicopter used for anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, drug interdiction, anti-ship warfare, cargo lift, and special operations.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
The brutality of conformism, the draining of romantic love, the disavowal of human eroticism and desire—these are the tenets of the society that Singh and Musteata have drawn, with an impish humor, a society that must smell rank, given the interdiction against clean teeth.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
Speaking via video teleconference, Bove expressed skepticism about maritime interdictions and the value of prosecuting low-level drug runners caught at sea.
—Ryan Lucas, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interdiction
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In 2014, the New York Times published a six-part series arguing for a repeal on the federal marijuana ban, comparing the government’s treatment of cannabis to the prohibition on alcohol in the 1920s.—
Elaine Mallon,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Feb. 2026
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The repeal could include a prohibition on returning to that bloc system.—
Jennifer Lynn McCoy,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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In her ruling Monday, Snyder blocked only the ban on masking by federal agents, and on seemingly narrow grounds.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Across the state, cases of sepsis in second-trimester pregnancy losses shot up more than 50% after the ban took effect, according to a data analysis by ProPublica.—
Cassandra Jaramillo,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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True to its founding fight over censorship and book banning, the institution remains a bastion dedicated to the transformative power of the book.—
Gioia Woods,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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Leo Strauss, one of Plato’s most important modern interpreters, was a refugee from Nazi Germany, where the banning and burning of subversive books was extremely popular, especially with college students.—
Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Interdiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interdiction. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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