interdictions

plural of interdiction

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Recent Examples of interdictions 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
Noun
  • As a sign of the effort’s feasibility, the statement points to similar international resolutions that established red lines in other dangerous arenas, like prohibitions on biological weapons or ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
  • State Representative Devin Carney, a Republican, led the bill's introduction, having noticed Connecticut stood apart from more than 30 states that already had similar prohibitions.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In Putin-era Russia, the takeover of NTV, and similar cases of state encroachment in the media, eventually led to a culture of self-censorship, in which outright bans or other repressive measures were relatively rare.
    Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Kneecap have opposed both bans.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Interdictions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interdictions. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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