interdiction
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The objective of PSI 2.0 should be to sweep oil-tanker ghost fleets from the seas entirely, delegitimizing them across the board, by interdictions, seizures and financial and commercial means.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
While the 280,000 interdictions a month by the Mexican authorities have won approval in Washington, they have made life unbearable for those on the road.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2024
The statement cited Peruvian Defense Minister Jorge Chavez, who stressed that airspace interdictions efforts under the agreement will be carried out via non-lethal means.
From Reuters • Aug. 12, 2023
Homeland security officials, including Mr. Ortiz, have credited a number of deterrence initiatives, including new projects to beef up border infrastructure, stepped-up interdictions and an uptick in flights sending migrants back to their home countries.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2023
And now commenced between the young people and their parents, one of those covert warfares certain to arise from similar interdictions.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various
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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