Curfew - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions
- an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited
Extra examples
The teens were stopped by police for violating the curfew.
The city ordered a curfew soon after the rioting started.
The town was placed under curfew.
No one is allowed on the streets during the curfew.
He has a 10 o'clock curfew.
The government imposed a night-time curfew throughout the country.
The curfew was lifted (=ended) on May 6th.
The whole town was placed under curfew.
Anyone found in the streets after curfew was shot.
My neurotic mother scolded me for staying out 10 minutes past curfew.
The curfew gave licence to the police to hunt people as if they were animals.
Some areas of the city have been placed under curfew.
The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital
The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught
Word forms
singular: curfew
plural: curfews
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