interdict
noun
• an authoritative prohibition.
Similar:
prohibition,
ban,
bar,
veto,
proscription,
interdiction,
embargo,
moratorium,
injunction,
restraining order,
exclusion order,
interdict
verb
• prohibit or forbid (something).
• "society will never interdict sex"
Similar:
prohibit,
forbid,
ban,
bar,
veto,
proscribe,
make illegal,
place an embargo on,
embargo,
disallow,
debar,
outlaw,
stop,
put a stop to,
put an end to,
block,
suppress,
enjoin,
estop,
restrain,
• intercept and prevent the movement of (a prohibited commodity or person).
• "army efforts to interdict enemy supply shipments"
Similar:
intercept,
stop,
head off,
cut off,
obstruct,
impede,
interrupt,
block,
check,
detain,
Origin:
Middle English entredite (in the ecclesiastical sense), from Old French entredit, from Latin interdictum, past participle of interdicere ‘interpose, forbid by decree’, from inter- ‘between’ + dicere ‘say’. The spelling change in the 16th century was due to association with the Latin form.
