SAT vocabulary
Interdict
A legal or authoritative prohibition that places a ban on a specific activity or trade
Example
"The municipal council issued an interdict barring heavy freight vehicles from entering the historic downtown district."
Etymology
From Latin interdictum, from interdicere ('to forbid, prohibit'), from inter- ('between') + dicere ('to say').
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