Etymology
Meaning
Origin
The word "interception" is first recorded in English in the mid-16th century. It was originally used in a legal context, meaning "the act of taking or seizing something that is in the possession of another." In the mid-17th century, the word began to be used in a more general sense, to refer to the act of stopping or intercepting something.
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