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> This builds upon our success using drones to interdict dozens of subway surfers before tragedy strikes. What does this sentence mean? Searching and Urban Di
by mkl 2y ago
> This builds upon our success using drones to interdict dozens of subway surfers before tragedy strikes.
What does this sentence mean? Searching and Urban Dictionary didn't help.
- ElevenLathe 2y agoI'm a native speaker (but not a New Yorker). I would interpret "subway surfers" to mean people riding on the roofs of subway trains for fun, though it's unclear what help a drone would be in getting them to stop.
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- pseudolus 2y agoRiding (standing) on the top of subway trains. An activity indulged in primarily by kids. Unfortunately people fall off or are hit when they enter a tunnel. The drones detect the surfers when the trains are not within tunnels. The MTA (subway cops) then usually follow up and detain the surfers. Here's a story (with an image): https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/02/us/nyc-subway-surfing-teen-deaths/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/02/us/nyc-subway-surfing-teen-de...
- pmg101 2y agoOdd because I thought "interdict" meant "prohibit" but from context here it seems to be being used to mean something more like "catch". Maybe misused or maybe a sense I'm not aware of or maybe the drones really will prohibit it by preventing them climbing up in the first place.
- eindiran 2y agoYour definition is definitely the historically more common one. But see the final definition under the verb here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/interdict#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/interdict#English (transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc). [from 20th c.] You see this version with the noun "interdictor" now as well.