cur·few

cur·few
/ˈkɚfju/ noun, pl -fews
1 a : an order or law that requires people to be indoors after a certain time at night
[count]

The teens were stopped by police for violating the curfew.

The city ordered/imposed a curfew soon after the rioting started.

[noncount]

The town was placed under curfew.

1 b [noncount] : the period of time when such an order or law is in effect

No one is allowed on the streets during the curfew.

2 [count] chiefly US : the time set by a parent at which a child has to be back home after going out

He has a 10 o'clock curfew.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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