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adjective

prō-ˈhi-bə-təd How to pronounce prohibited (audio)
Definition of prohibitednext
as in forbidden
that may not be permitted there will be no toleration for smoking and other prohibited activities

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prohibited

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verb

past tense of prohibit
as in banned
to order not to do or use or to be done or used the city prohibits swimming in the lake after dark

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Recent Examples of prohibited
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The horses would be prohibited from being sold to slaughterhouses, under the bill. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 Members are prohibited, according to the organization’s website, from providing alcohol to anyone under legal drinking age. — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 Indeed, Congress has prohibited the FCC from trying to prevent the broadcast of any point of view. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026 The Federal Emergency Management Agency deemed Chelsey Jarvis and Darrel McKay’s house uninhabitable and prohibited them from building even temporary housing on the land. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 Alaska’s current governor, Republican Mike Dunleavy, is prohibited from running again because of term limits. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 Broadcasters are prohibited by the terms of their federal licenses from engaging in News Distortion or promoting Broadcast Hoaxes. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026 Claims that cotton in a particular product came from a specific farm or grower are also prohibited. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 Candidate endorsements, party promotions and active campaigning will be prohibited. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prohibited
  1. forbidden
  2. banned
  3. outlawed
  4. forbade
Adjective
  • Their alternating stories portray a Europe that exploits gifted children, while rigid class and gender expectations leave both protagonists struggling to pursue forbidden ambitions.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • As a forbidden attraction grows between the two men, tragedy unleashes supernatural forces upon their deeply religious community.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of forbidden
Verb
  • They were also placed on felony probation for three years and banned from performing any mining work during that time.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Schools banned its use, and journalists were shamed for credulously repeating its hoaxes.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of banned
Adjective
  • It’s been nearly a decade since California voters legalized recreational cannabis, but production and sales remain outlawed in most of the state — and the black market dominates.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • King Henry’s laws adamantly forbade chattel slavery, outlawed colonialism, and created an economically robust, financially solvent Black state, one not dependent on the transatlantic slave trade.
    — Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Definition of outlawed
Verb
  • Reservoirs have already fallen perilously low -- with one lake so dry this year that a small town nearby let its Little League field go dry and temporarily forbade residents from washing cars or watering lawns.
    — Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • For decades, the United States favored an international order that forbade wars of conquest, upheld freedom of the seas, maintained a generally open global economy, and allowed populations to exercise democratic rights, even if autocracies remained.
    — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
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