interdict
noun
any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.
interdicting
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present participleof interdict.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Although China's ability to sever undersea communications cables, cyber attacks and interdicting maritime trade are the primary risk for Australia, "the direct strike threat is real and growing", the report said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
The U.S. has spent $1.4 billion to $1.6 billion interdicting drug boats and capturing Maduro, estimates Elaine McCusker, a former Pentagon budget official now at the American Enterprise Institute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Border Patrol said Operation Return to Sender “focused on interdicting those who have broken U.S. federal law, trafficking of dangerous substances, non-citizen criminals, and disrupting the transportation routes used by Transnational Criminal Organizations.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
Precisely because the rationale of propping up a government has evaporated, that of interdicting terrorism has intensified.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2021
Though she protests the faithfullest severity Inexecrable beauty is inflicting, Kindness in time will pity your sincerity, Though now it be your fortune's interdicting.
From Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles Delia - Diana by Martha Foote Crow
