interdiction
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Last year, the Marines deployed a shorter-range, antiship missile launcher, known as the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or Nmesis, to another Philippine island close to Taiwan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
And as Francey Hakes – a former DOJ official and the first national coordinator for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction pointed out – many such crimes continue to go unreported.
From Fox News • Mar. 2, 2020
Mr. Ortiz knew every mile of Interstate 35 as part of the Border Patrol’s Highway Interdiction Team, which intercepts vehicles on the interstate suspected of engaging in drug trafficking and human smuggling.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2018
The Prescription Interdiction and Litigation, or PIL Task Force, will review all civil and criminal penalties available to pursue charges against opioid producers for any illegal activity.
From Washington Times • Feb. 27, 2018
This was the usual formula by which a person was put under a ban, and it was called the Interdiction of "fire and water," to which sometimes "house" is added, as in this case.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Stewart, Aubrey
Vocabulary lists containing interdiction
"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 4
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"Paradise Lost" by John Milton, Book VII
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