curfew
noun [C or U] /ˈkɜː.fjuː/
/ˈkɝː-/ Definition
› a rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times, usually at night, especially during a war or a period of political trouble: to impose/lift a curfew a midnight curfew He was shot for breaking (= not obeying) the curfew.Forbidding and banning things › mainly US a time by which a child must be home in the evening: You'll be in trouble if you get home after curfew.Forbidding and banning things
(Definition of curfew noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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