Translate prohibition | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of prohibition
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[mass noun] 1the action of forbidding something, especially by law:they argue that prohibition of drugs will always fail [count noun] a law or regulation forbidding something:prohibitions on insider dealing [count noun] English Law a writ from a superior court forbidding an inferior court from proceeding in a suit deemed to be beyond its cognizance.
2 (Prohibition) the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the US between 1920 and 1933.
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