To curtail is defined as to restrict something, stop something or deprive of something.
(verb)An example of curtail is when a town wants to stop drunk driving.
See curtail in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb
Origin: ME curtailen, altered (by assoc. with taillen < OFr taillier: see tailor) < OFr curtald, curtal
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cur·tail
transitive verb cur·tailed, cur·tail·ing, cur·tailsOrigin: Middle English curtailen, to restrict, probably blend of Old French courtauld, docked; see curtal , and Middle English taillen, to cut (from Old French tailler; see tailor ).
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