curtail

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

verb place restrictions on
verb terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

Alteration of curtal, from Old French courtault (“which has been shortened”), itself from court (“short”) (from Latin curtus) + -ault

It was necessary to curtail expenditure. — The Secret Adversary, Agatha Christie
It ought to have been curtailed." — The New Pun Book, Unknown
Any security at all and some freedom is curtailed. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau

restrict, curb, cut back

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