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What (who) is prohibit - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Prohibit; Prohibited; Prohibits
prohibit
(prohibits, prohibiting, prohibited)
If a law or someone in authority prohibits something, they forbid it or make it illegal. (FORMAL)
...a law that prohibits tobacco advertising in newspapers and magazines...
Fishing is prohibited...
Federal law prohibits foreign airlines from owning more than 25% of any U.S. airline.
? permit
VERB: V n, V n, V n from -ing
• prohibition
...the prohibition of women on air combat missions.
N-UNCOUNT
prohibit
v. a.
1.
Hinder, prevent, debar, preclude.
2.
Forbid, inhibit, disallow, interdict.
prohibit
v.
1) (D; tr.) to prohibit from
2) (rare) (K) you cannot prohibit their going out
Wikipedia
Prohibition (disambiguation)
Prohibition refers to the act of prohibiting a certain substance or act.
Prohibition may also refer to:
- Prohibition of alcohol, periods in several countries during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages was or is restricted or illegal
- Prohibitionism in Christianity
- Prohibition in the United States
- Prohibition in Canada
- Prohibition of drugs
- War on Drugs, an American term commonly applied to a campaign of prohibition of drugs, military aid, and military intervention, with the stated aim being to reduce the illegal drug trade
- Prohibitionism in legal philosophy
- Prohibition sign ("no" symbol), a red circle with a diagonal line through it (running from top left to bottom right), covering a pictogram to indicate something is not permitted
- Prohibition (miniseries), a Ken Burns documentary on the American temperance movement and prohibition
- Writ of prohibition, in the United States, an official legal document drafted and issued by a supreme court or superior court to a judge presiding over a suit in an inferior court; the writ of prohibition mandates the inferior court to cease any action over the case because it may not fall within that inferior court's jurisdiction
- In the Quran, sura 66, At-Tahrim, is generally translated as "Prohibition"
- Prohibition (album), an album by French avant-garde singer Brigitte Fontaine
Examples of use of prohibit
1. GAY MARRIAGE: Prohibit it with constitutional amendment?
2. Indian wildlife laws prohibit killing the animals.
3. They thought that he would prohibit them, but he emphasized that as a servant of God, he had no authority to prohibit anything.
4. The district committee explained that "geometric reasons" prohibit tunneling.
5. Alas, the rules for the quarters prohibit state flags.