verboten
forbidden, as by law; prohibited.
Origin of verboten
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How to use verboten in a sentence
The concept evolved during the darkest days of the pandemic when live performance was verboten.
The same thing has happened in food media, where thin cooks and chefs embrace fat and carbohydrates in ways that would have been verboten a decade or two ago.
Relationships with customers are “pretty verboten, but I did come close one time.”
Is Glenn Shephard, the ‘Below Deck Sailing Yacht’ Captain, the Nicest Guy on Reality TV? | Tim Teeman | May 14, 2021 | The Daily BeastChoke collars, shock collars, even the word no are all-but-verboten.
He shows us the hypocrisy where in some contexts these very words are socially acceptable and at other times they are verboten.
For the right-wing base and its institutional supporters, concessions are verboten.
Tea Party Republicans: The Biggest Sore Winners in Washington | Jamelle Bouie | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNow, none of them spells out the verboten words anywhere that I can see.
But Hasan grew a beard sometime after his arrest on Nov. 5, 2009, and in the U.S. military, beards are mostly verboten.
The Beard Alleged Fort Hood Killer Nidal Hasan Wouldn’t Shave | Winston Ross | December 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn all that time, probably the only thing we have agreed upon is this: sleeping with patients is verboten.
Scott DesJarlais Crossed the Line by Having Sex With Patients | Kent Sepkowitz | November 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTElse the earth will be ruled by the German bayonet and natural living will be verboten.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II | Burton J. HendrickOpposite us the Aire was dammed to form a pool, alongside which was a sign, “Schwimmung verboten”.
Battery E in France | Frederic R. KilnerIt is verboten even to think of a white shirt until the Bosch hangs out the tail of his.
Foe-Farrell | Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchYou will be quite safe in assuming that anything you yearn for just now ist strengstens polizeilich verboten.
It is verboten to employ a man until he is old and then to throw him out and give his place to a younger man.
Germany in War Time | Mary Ethel McAuley
British Dictionary definitions for verboten
/ German (fɛrˈboːtən) /
forbidden; prohibited
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