interdiction
Example Sentences
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Coast Guard and Navy with interdiction operations in the Caribbean.
Southern Command’s headquarters near Miami to coordinate interdiction operations in the region.
After interdiction, the Coast Guard typically begins a process that adheres to legal strictures, detaining the crew and eventually turning them over to a U.S. law enforcement agency.
From Salon
The Navy buildup in the Caribbean points to something more than drug interdiction at sea.
Similarly, in the Pacific, interdiction by submarines and aerial mining of trade routes effectively depleted Japan’s fuel reserves by the war’s end.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.