prohibit
to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
to forbid the action of (a person).
to prevent; hinder.
Origin of prohibit
1synonym study For prohibit
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Opposites for prohibit
Other words from prohibit
- pro·hib·it·er, pro·hib·i·tor, noun
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How to use prohibit in a sentence
There are several state laws on the books prohibiting people from violating public health orders with fines of up to $1,000.
Despite Crackdown Announcement, Not Much COVID-19 Enforcement Is Happening | Jesse Marx | February 11, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoOn Thursday, LeBlanc also unveiled a policy that will prohibit university departments, student groups or guests from selling or giving away certain plastics, including beverage bottles and eating utensils.
George Washington University commits to single-use-plastic ban | Lauren Lumpkin | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostThat’s because of a US federal law known as the Passenger Vessels Service Act that prohibits foreign-registered ships from sailing between two American ports without stopping at a foreign port.
The cruise industry has received yet another blow, this time from Canada | Karen Ho | February 8, 2021 | QuartzBy law, the organization is prohibited from attempting to influence policy.
“We Have Counties in Deep Trouble”: Oregon Lawmakers Seek to Reverse Timber Tax Cuts That Cost Communities Billions | by Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive, and Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting | February 5, 2021 | ProPublicaStudios began postponing their releases or moving them to streaming services, governments limited or prohibited attendance, and consumers largely stayed home.
Forget investors: AMC itself may have been bailed out by the actions of wallstreetbets | Steven Zeitchik | February 2, 2021 | Washington Post
At that point, the Library of Congress can once again decide to prohibit consumers from unlocking their cell phones.
Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive | Ben Jacobs | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNo problem—Congress is about to prohibit us from buying them.
Why Does the USA Depend on Russian Rockets to Get Us Into Space? | P. J. O’Rourke | June 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis first demand was that the country's official constitution be rewritten to prohibit extradition.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens | Jeff Campagna | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the health law might not prohibit it, opening a door to potential erosion of employer-based coverage.
And yet Louisiana does not prohibit a far stranger peccadillo: sex with corpses.
Our Dumb Puritan Laws: Sex Bans and Illegal Adultery | Kevin Bleyer | April 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe should not consider himself to be called upon to prohibit only some practices clearly evinced to be sinful.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamThe state may prohibit a telegraph company from transmitting racetrack news.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesSmall wonder that the rules of the Board of Control prohibit the use of the stern blast under one thousand feet.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | VariousAfter having thus prepossessed our minds, they next prohibit our examining the things so important to be known.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry HolbachAs, in a savage state, most possessions are those which are useful in war, he would prohibit theft.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas Inman
British Dictionary definitions for prohibit
/ (prəˈhɪbɪt) /
to forbid by law or other authority
to hinder or prevent
Origin of prohibit
1Derived forms of prohibit
- prohibiter or prohibitor, noun
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