Meaning & use
curfew
An official rule requiring people to be indoors or off the streets after a specified time.
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The mayor imposed a nightly curfew after riots broke out downtown.
Her parents set a curfew of ten o'clock on school nights.
A note on using this word
Curfew can describe a government-imposed restriction during emergencies or a household rule parents set for their children.
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