prohibit

v. outlaw, forbid by law; interdict, enjoin, ban; prevent, hinder

Prohibition of alcohol, often shortened to the term prohibition, also known as Dry Law, refers to a sumptuary law in a given jurisdiction which prohibits alcohol. Typically, the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the prohibition of alcohol was enforced. Usually the term as referred to a historical period is applied to countries of European culture. In the Muslim World, consumption of alcoholic beverages is sometimes forbidden according to Islamic Law.
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Verb
1. command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"
(synonym) forbid, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
(hypernym) command, require, compel
(hyponym) ban
(derivation) prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance

(v. t.)
To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
  

(v. t.)
To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing.
  

Synonyms and related words:
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