to prohibit
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3.3
- verb
- /prəˈhɪbɪt/
:
prohibir
- The law, of course, prohibits the disclosure of classified security information.
- laws prohibit
- regulations prohibit
- prohibit discrimination
What does that mean that the government outlaws, prohibits Google based devices?
- What does that mean that the government outlaws, prohibits Google based devices?
- The law should be permitting certain actions and prohibiting other actions.
- So there is a justified human reason to prohibit the sale of, well, say, human beings on the market.
- Maybe the West is going to allow you to bank even though you violate many laws that would prohibit the West from extending those banking services to you.
- What we don't want to do is to prohibit or outlaw or ban these things because then we don't get to steer.
- I, I prohibit that stuff in my class, but the students are so addicted, they cannot let go.
- The sanctions prohibit the sale, transfer, supply or export of aircraft or any aircraft components.
- I don't know any knowledgeable lawyer who would bet that the Supreme Court would strike down the law that prohibits affirmative action.
- The CARES Act additionally prohibited the SBA from looking at tax return data that could have excluded undeserving applicants.
- The SEC has asked the court to freeze Doctor Dozy's assets and prohibit the three companies from transferring money, property or shares to him.
Examples
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All use of tobacco products and e-cigarettes is strictly prohibited on event grounds except for designated smoking areas.
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Finally, families signed a lease agreement that prohibited pets and tobacco smoke in the home.
Academic text (2011) -
We are prohibited from giving you that name.
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Smoking on this property is prohibited.
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The sanctions prohibit the sale, transfer, supply or export of aircraft or any aircraft components.
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Days later, President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in housing.
Academic text (2011) -
There are only three states that prohibit by law the use of minors as informants.
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The new treaty will prohibit the use, stockpiling, production and trade of cluster munitions.
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They adopted a law designed to prohibit depictions of animal cruelty.
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Smoking on this property is prohibited.
Synonyms
211
3.0
Order someone not to do something
114
4.4
To make something illegal
55
7.2
To stop something from happening or make it impossible
16
3.9
To refuse to allow something, usually by an official rule
8
8.6
To forbid something by law or official rule
4
9.4
To stop someone or something by an official order
1
7.0
To stop trade with a country or limit goods sold to it
1
6.7
To make something against the law
Antonyms
How Forbidden
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word prohibit comes from Latin parts pro- meaning 'away' and habere meaning 'to hold', the same root as the English words 'have' and 'hold'. So it originally meant 'hold away' or 'keep back', which is why prohibit today means to officially forbid something.