to impose a curfew

  • 1curfew — n. 1) to impose a curfew 2) to lift a curfew 3) a midnight curfew * * * [ kɜːfjuː] a midnight curfew to impose a curfew to lift a curfew …

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  • 2impose */*/*/ — UK [ɪmˈpəʊz] / US [ɪmˈpoʊz] verb Word forms impose : present tense I/you/we/they impose he/she/it imposes present participle imposing past tense imposed past participle imposed 1) [transitive] to introduce something such as a new law or new… …

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  • 3curfew — noun 1 (C) a law forcing everyone to stay indoors from a particular time in the evening until a particular time in the morning: The military regime decided to impose a curfew. 2 (singular, not with the ) the time after which everyone must stay… …

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  • 4curfew — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ strict ▪ 24 hour, dusk to dawn ▪ night, night time ▪ 7 p.m., etc …

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  • 5impose — verb ADVERB ▪ effectively ▪ The terms of the contract were effectively imposed rather than agreed. ▪ simply ▪ New technology cannot be used successfully if it is simply imposed on an unwilling workforce. ▪ …

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  • 6impose curfew — put into effect a regulation which requires that all businesses close at a certain time or that all citizens remain in their homes after a certain hour …

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  • 7Timeline of the 2005 French civil unrest — The following is a timeline of the 2005 French civil unrest that began Thursday, October 27, 2005. Where the source lists events as occurring in a night and following morning, this article lists them on the date of the night, not the following… …

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  • 8Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 — The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008[1] Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title An Act to make further provision about criminal justice (inc …

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  • 9Nina Boyle — Constance Antonina (Nina) Boyle (21 December 1865–4 March 1943), was a British journalist, campaigner for women’s suffrage and women’s rights, charity and welfare worker and novelist. She was one of the pioneers of the women s police service in… …

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  • 10University of California, Santa Barbara — Seal of the University of California, Santa Barbara Motto Fiat lux (Latin) Motto in English Let there be light …

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