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
Also, some countries have cooperation agreements with the South American nation for drug interdictions.
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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
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
Noun
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The Senate bill, meanwhile rescinds prohibitions on the military’s ability to purchase cookware, carpets and rugs that contain two of the most toxic types of forever chemicals.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
10 Sep. 2025
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Then-Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and medical-marijuana patients filed the lawsuit in 2022 challenging the prohibitions.—
Dara Kam,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
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The bans are mandated in places such as Arkansas, Texas, Virginia and more.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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That the exponential growth in recent years can sometimes belie the half-century of bans and another half-century of systemic underfunding that came before.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Interdictions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interdictions. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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