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Noun: interdiction  ,in-tu(r)'dik-shun
  1. Authoritative prohibition
    "The government's interdiction of drug trafficking has had limited success"
     
  2. (law) a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
    "The interdiction on offshore drilling was challenged in court";
    - interdict

Derived forms: interdictions

Type of: ban, court order, prohibition, proscription

Encyclopedia: Interdiction