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View synonyms for prohibited

prohibited

[ proh-hib-i-tid ]

adjective

  1. forbidden by authority or law:

    A scanner should be able to detect any prohibited object that the traveler may be carrying concealed in their clothing.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of prohibit ( def ).

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Other Words From

  • un·pro·hib·it·ed adjective

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Word History and Origins

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Example Sentences

Doctors are prohibited from doing what a patient needs by rigid practice guidelines.

Interestingly, if Grimm is expelled, he is not legally prohibited from running in the special election for his seat.

Cervecerías Barú resolved problems with their draft system that prohibited them from selling on tap for almost seven years.

The dispute was based on whether the fan was prohibited in the debate rules, which both campaigns had agreed on.

Last year, he booked a trip with a woman who's not his wife, which is prohibited under Orthodox law.

In 1634 he also prohibited the landing of tobacco any where except at the quay near the custom house in London.

Nine lusty-lunged adults in that one room prohibited confidential speech.

As the business may be prohibited, a municipality or other power may regulate and control his business.

It was contrast, doubtless, that swayed Tom's judgment in the very direction he had decided was prohibited.

A policy issued on a person beyond a specified age is prohibited by statute.

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