curfew
/ˈkɜrfjuː/
noun
- A regulation requiring people to stay indoors during specified hours, typically at night.
- Teenagers in the town have a curfew of 11 p.m.
- The city imposed a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. during the emergency.
- Breaking the curfew could result in a fine.
- The time designated as the start of such a restriction.
- The new curfew is midnight for adults.
- Make sure you are home before curfew.
- Her curfew is at nine o'clock on school nights.
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