interdict (interdicts plural & 3rd person present) (interdicting present participle) (interdicted past tense & past participle )
The verb is pronounced [PH:I][PH:n][PH:t][PH:&][PH:r][PH:d][PH:I][PH:k][PH:t]. The noun is pronounced [PH:I][PH:n][PH:t][PH:&][PH:r][PH:d][PH:I][PH:k][PH:t].
1 verb If an armed force interdicts something or someone, they stop them and prevent them from moving. If they interdict a route, they block it or cut it off.
(AM)
FORMAL
(=intercept)
Troops could be ferried in to interdict drug shipments. V n
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interdiction (interdictions plural) n-var
...increased drug interdiction efforts by the military and Coast Guard.
2 n-count An interdict is an official order that something must not be done or used.
FORMAL
(=ban)
The National Trust has placed an interdict on jet-skis in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.