stricture

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The company maintains it had systemwide stricture against hiring minors.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2023

Most were eventually released and told to leave the country — a stricture that many ignore, lacking the funds and desire to go home.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Employees shouldn’t be made to feel uncomfortable because of things like gender, sexual orientation, race or religion — and, of course, there are legal as well as ethical aspects to the stricture.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2022

No such stricture applies to members of the House.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2021

My father did, in any case, rapidly discover a way to circumvent the limitations on his effectiveness implied by the stricture that he should carry no laden trays.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro