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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
The first interdiction took place Monday near the Fort Lauderdale sea buoy, where Coast Guard crews and a CBP Office of Field Operations K9 unit stopped a vessel suspected of drug smuggling.
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interdiction
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The state Senate on Tuesday night narrowly endorsed a constitutional amendment that would do away with the state’s prohibition on legislative direct compensation.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The prohibition would not apply to federally licensed firearm manufacturers.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
17 Feb. 2026
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Under pressure from governments, including threats of bans and fines, X restricted Grok’s ability to generate certain explicit images last month.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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His government last year banned the popular Budapest Pride celebration and allowed facial recognition technology to be used to identify anyone participating despite the ban.—
MATTHEW LEE,
Arkansas Online,
17 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 21 Feb. 2026.
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