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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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Others, including prohibitions on universal vote-by-mail and ranked choice voting -- two voting methods that have proved popular in some states -- would happen immediately.—
LISA MASCARO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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During the prohibition era, the cave used trap doors and movable brick walls to hide liquor from law enforcement.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Johnson announced the Huawei ban in July of that year, having initially approved the use of its equipment.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Soon after the platform’s acquisition by Elon Musk later that year, West posted an image on X of a swastika inside the Star of David, leading to another temporary ban.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 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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The peregrine falcon faced near-extinction in the UK in the 1950s before it was rescued by the banning of the pesticide DDT and stronger legal reinforcements.—
Will Barker,
TheWeek,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Interdiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interdiction. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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