Prohibit

Definition: Prohibit

Prohibit

Verb

1. Command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "prohibit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references)

Note: Prohibit \Pro*hib"it\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Prohibited; present participle verb or noun Prohibiting.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Prohibit

Prohibition

Verb: prohibit, inhibit; forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow, enjoin, ban, outlaw, taboo, proscribe, estop; bar; debar; (hinder), forefend.

Restraint

Keep under; repress, suppress; smother; pull in, rein in; hold, hold fast; keep a tight hand on; prohibit; inhibit, cohibit.

Crosswords: Prohibit

It can prevent a war, prohibit a plague, keep the whole world whole. (The Outer Limits; writing credit: Harlan Ellison)

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Books

• Children and gun violence : hearings before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, on S. 1087 a bill to amend Title 18, United States Code, to be prohibit th (reference)

• Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994 : hearing of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, on S. 2238 to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, July (reference)

• Review of the Federal Grain Inspection Service's proposed regulation to prohibit the addition of water to grain : hearing before the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Cong (reference)

• To prohibit smoking in federal buildings : hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, on H.R. 881 ... March 11; (reference)

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They will similarly prohibit within their territory all legal process relating to payment of enemy debts, except in accordance with the provisions of this Annex. (reference)

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The rules of Fontevrault did not prohibit it.

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Health

At times, pain, bending, and emotional distress prohibit sexual intercourse. (references)

Many states prohibit this movement of wild animals, but trapping and movement of infected wild canines still occurs. (references)

Business

The United States has Common Law which permits what it does not prohibit. (references)

The laws of each emirate prohibit arrest or search without probable cause. (references)

In some cases the court may order the liquidation of the enterprise, and prohibit further business activity. (references)

Children

Russia

Although laws exist that prohibit discrimination, the Government has not enforced these laws. (references)

Samoa

Law and tradition prohibit severe abuse of children, but tradition tolerates corporal punishment. (references)

Niger

During the year, the National Assembly considered changing the law to prohibit this practice and establish a minimum age for marriage; however, no legislation was passed by year's end. (references)

Civil Liberties

Egypt

In 1995 an administrative court ruled that the sole authority to prohibit publication or distribution of books and other works of art is vested in the Ministry of Culture. (references)

India

In March 2000, the government of Gujarat convinced a BJP legislator to withdraw a bill that sought to regulate Christian missionary activity within the state; the bill was written to prohibit "forced" or "induced" conversions--a crime that would have been punishable by a fine and up to 3 years in prison. (references)

Burma

Legal restrictions on freedom of speech, already severe since the early 1960's, have intensified since 1996, when the junta issued a decree prohibiting speeches or statements that "undermine national stability." In all regions of the country, the military Government continued to use force to prohibit virtually all public speech critical of it by all persons, including persons elected to parliament in 1990, and by leaders of political parties. (references)

Discrimination

East Timor

UNTAET regulations prohibit all forms of discrimination. (references)

Hong Kong

The Committee also urged Hong Kong to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and age. (references)

Belarus

Both the 1994 and 1996 Constitutions state that all citizens are equal before the law and have the right to equal protection of their rights and legitimate interests; however, they do not prohibit specifically discrimination based on factors such as race, sex, or religion. (references)

Economic History

Mexico

Investment restrictions still prohibit foreigners from acquiring title to residential real estate within 50 kilometers of the nation's coast and 100 kilometers of the borders. (references)

Taiwan

Before 1986, candidates opposing the KMT ran in elections as independents or "nonpartisans." Before the 1986 island-wide elections many "nonpartisans" grouped together to create Taiwan's first new political party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Despite the official ban on forming new political parties, Taiwan authorities did not prohibit the DPP from operating, and in the 1986 Island-wide elections DPP and independent candidates captured more than 20% of the vote. (references)

West Bank

Prevailing WB/G laws prohibit the registration of a trademark that is contrary to public morals. (references)

Human Rights

Switzerland

These regulations differ widely from canton to canton, but all prohibit such practices without a warrant, and all government authorities generally respect these provisions in practice. (references)

Cuba

Human Rights Watch reported that in 1999 the Government revised the Penal Code to prohibit the use of corporal punishment on prisoners and the use of any means to humiliate prisoners or to lessen their dignity; however, the revised code failed to establish penalties for committing such acts, and they continued to occur in practice. (references)

Cyprus

Laws throughout Cyprus prohibit arbitrary arrest and detention; however, Turkish Cypriot police at times did not observe legal protections. (references)

Minorities

Turkey

No laws prohibit religious conversion; however, individuals contemplating conversion from Islam, particularly to Christianity, often faced family and community pressures. (references)

Macau

Although no specific laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of racial or ethnic background, the rights of ethnic minorities, particularly the Macanese (Eurasians who comprise roughly 9 percent of the population) are respected. (references)

Cyprus

Constitutional or other legal mechanisms prohibit discrimination in both communities. (references)

Political Economy

HONG KONG

While this legislation does not specifically prohibit forced or bonded labor by children, there are no reports of such practices in Hong Kong. (references)

RUSSIA

The CBR continues to prohibit the conversion of S-account (accounts through which non-residents invested in government securities) rubles to foreign currency, except during occasional CBR foreign exchange auctions. (references)

CANADA

Provincial standards, covering more than 90 percent of the national workforce, vary but generally require parental consent for workers under 16 and prohibit young workers in dangerous or nighttime work. (references)

Political Rights

Peru

In a vote requiring only a simple majority, the Congress voted to unseat the veteran legislators and, in effect, prohibit them from holding office for 10 years. (references)

Hong Kong

The ability of the legislature to influence policy is limited substantially by Basic Law provisions that require separate majorities among members elected from geographical and functional constituencies in order to pass a bill introduced by an individual member and that prohibit the Legislative Council from putting forward bills that affect public expenditure, political structure, or government operations. (references)

Iraq

However, in practice the law is used to prohibit parties that do not support the President and the Government. (references)

Trade

Chile

Chilean grading and quality standards on beef are unique in the world and effectively prohibit imports from the U.S. Chile only approves the import of processed food products on a case-by-case basis. (references)

Colombia

U.S. exporters should be aware that the U.S. Government may prohibit the export of certain products to Colombia or require export licenses. (references)

France

The ongoing harmonization of EU import regulations will hopefully result in the revocation of several of the French regulations that currently prohibit the importation of agricultural and food products. (references)

Travel

Ukraine

Customs regulations prohibit sending cash, travelers' checks, personal checks, credit cards, or passports through the international mail system to Ukraine. (references)

Women

El Salvador

The ISDEMU received 286 cases of sexual aggression compared to 364 in 2000. The law does not prohibit a person from working as a prostitute. (references)

Malaysia

Shahrizat Abdul Jalil heads the new ministry and is credited with leading the successful effort to amend the federal Constitution to prohibit sex discrimination and launching a public campaign in August against violence in the home. (references)

Worker Rights

Singapore

Workers, other than those in essential services, have the legal right to strike but rarely do so. There are no specific laws that prohibit retaliation against strikers. (references)

Malawi

The laws require payment for overtime work and prohibit compulsory overtime. (references)

Sri Lanka

Most permanent full-time workers are covered by laws that prohibit them from regularly working more than 45 hours per week (a 5 1/2-day workweek). (references)

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Expression using "prohibit": prohibit under oath. Additional references.

Albanian

pengoj (arrest, baffle, balk, baulk, block, clog, cross, cumber, delay, detain, embarrass, encumber, estop, foil, forbid, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hedge in, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, interfere, interfere with, interrupt, jam, keep away from, let, obstruct, occlude, oppose, preclude, prevent, resist, set back, shut in, stumble, trammel, traverse, trouble), ndaloj (arrest, balk, ban, bar, baulk, block, break down, cease, challenge, close down, come to a halt, debar, detain, disallow, disqualify, enjoin, estop, forbid, halt, impede, inhibit, interdict, negative, nip, prevent, proscribe, pull up, stall, stop, tackle, withhold). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منع (averting, ban, banning, bar, barring, block, debar, deny, deprive, deter, estop, exclude, forbade, forbid, forbiddance, forbidding, foreclose, hinder, hindering, hold back, immunize, inhibit, interdict, interdiction, keep from, obstruct, obstruction, obviation, preclude, prevent, preventing, prevention, prohibition, proscription, restrain from, stop, taboo, veto, ward off, withhold), ‏حال دون (prevent), ‏حرم (abridge, ban, be bereaved, be forbidden, bereave, contraband, debar, deny, deprive, disable, dispossess, divest, excommunicate, forbade, forbid, geld, interdict, inviolable, outlaw, proscribe, restrain, rob, sacred, sanctuary, starve, suppress, wife), ‏حظر (ban, bar, debar, embargo, enjoin, forbade, forbid, forbiddance, forewarn, kill, outlaw, prohibition, proscription, suppress, taboo). (various references)

Bulgarian 

спъвам (beset, clog, cramp, embarrass, entangle, fetter, hinder, hobble, impede, interfere, preclude, prevent, retard, set back, shackle, short circuit, snag, snub, tie, trammel, trig), възпрепятствувам (forbid, hamper, incapacitate, inhibit), възпирам (control, debar, deter, enchain, interdict, repress, restrain, retain, stay, swaddle), забранявам (ban, black out, disallow, enjoin, estop, forbid, inhibit, interdict, proscribe, provide against, suppress, veto), запрещавам (bar, provide against), попречвам (deter, forestall, hinder, intervene, preclude, prevent, put off, restrain, stop). (various references)

Chinese 

誡 (commandment), 禁止 (Barred, Barring, Enjoin, Enjoined, Enjoining, Forbade, forbid, forbidden, forbidding, inhibit, inhibited, inhibiting, inhibition, inhibitory, interdict, Interdicted, Interdicting, interdiction, Prohibited, Prohibiting, Prohibition, Prohibitive), 不准 (forbid, not allow). (various references)

Czech

zakázat (ban, forbid, stop, veto), zabránit (avert, help, preclude, prevent, save). (various references)

Danish

forbyde (forbid). (various references)

Dutch

verbieden (forbid). (various references)

Esperanto

malpermesi (forbid). (various references)

Farsi 

ممنوع کردن (Bar, Countermand, Debar), منع کردن (Inhibit, Nix, Refrain, Withhold), نهی (Injunction, Interdict, Prohibition), تحریم کردن (Ban, Blackball, Boycott, Proscribe). (various references)

Finnish

julistaa pannaan (ban, excommunicate). (various references)

French

prohiber, interdire (prevent). (various references)

German

untersagen (forbad, forbid, forbidden, interdict), verbieten (ban, debar, forbad, forbid, forbidden, interdict, outlaw, proscribe, to forbid (forbad[e], to interdict). (various references)

Greek 

απαγορεύω (ban, disallow, forbid, interdict, slap a ban on, taboo, tabu). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�'זור על- (ban, forbid). (various references)

Hungarian

megtilt (enjoin, forbade, forbid, forbidden, inhibit, proscribe, to forbid, to interdict, to proscribe, to veto), megakadályoz (balk, counteract, deny, estop, foil, hinder, hindrance, prevent, restrain, stymie, to arrest, to avert, to balk, to bar, to baulk, to check, to encumber, to hinder, to impede, to inhibit, to interfere, to keep from, to preclude, to put off, to set back, to stymie, to thwart). (various references)

Indonesian

mengharamkan (abjure, abstain from, forbid, proscribe), mengapkir (ban, condemn, reject), melarang (ban, embargo, forbid, interdict). (various references)

Italian

vietare (ban, forbid, interdict). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

禁じる (to prohibit), 差し止める (to forbid someone to do something, to prohibit, to stop). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

き�"じる (to prohibit), さしとめる (to forbid someone to do something, to prohibit, to stop). (various references)

Korean 

금지하십시�" (Outlaw). (various references)

Manx

meelowal (disallow, disallowance, illegal, proscribe, proscription). (various references)

Maya

weth (to prohibit). (various references)

Papiamen

prohibí (forbid), taha (forbid). (various references)

Pig Latin

ohibitpray

Polish

zabraniać. (various references)

Portuguese

proibir (ban, bar, bar from, censor, deny, disallow, enjoin, forbade, forbid, forbidding, interdict, outlaw, proclaim, proscribe, red-pencil, taboo), vedar (berate, calk, hedge, parcel, rail, seal, stanch), obstar a (preclude), não permitir, impedir (arrest, avert, balk, block, clash, clog, cramp, cumber, dam, debar, delay, detain, embarrass, estop, fetter, forbid, foreclose, hamper, hinder, hobble, impede, intercept, interfere, let, oppose, preclude, prevent, put a stop, resist, restrain, set back, shackle, stop, thwart, trammel, withhold). (various references)

Romanian

opri (abate, abstain, arrest, balk, bar, baulk, break, bring to, bring to a stop, call off, circumvent, clog, collar, contain, curb, cut off, deflate, delay, discontinue, end, estop, forbear, forbid, foreclose, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interdict, keep back, phase out, pull up, put a stopper on, put out, quench, restrain, retain, shut out, snag, staunch, stay, stem, stop, strangle, subside, taboo, withhold), interzice (ban, bar, disallow, enjoin, forbid, interdict, proclaim, proscribe, taboo, veto). (various references)

Russian 

препятствовать (balk, be in the road, clog, estop, get in smb.'s road, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, interrupt, keep away, militate, preclude from, short circuit). (various references)

Scottish

toirmisg (forbid). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zabraniti (ban, bar, enjoin, forbid, interdict, nix, proscribe, rule out, suppress). (various references)

Spanish

prohibir (ban, bar, clamp down, debar, embargo, forbad, forbid, interdict, proclaim, proscibe, put a ban on, taboo, tabu). (various references)

Swedish

förbjuda (ban, bar, enjoin, forbid, inhibit, interdict, proscribe, suppress). (various references)

Turkish

yasaklamak (ban, bar, call off, clamp the lid on smth., debar, embargo, enjoin, forbid, imprison, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, proscribe, put a ban on, put one's foot down, put the lid on smth., put under a ban, put under a taboo, taboo, tabu), yasak etmek (clamp the lid on smth., proscribe, put the lid on smth., put under a ban), olanak vermemek (forbid, make impossible), engel olmak (baffle, balk, be in smb.'s road, bind, blanket, clip one's wings, debar, encumber, estop, forbid, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder, intercept, interfere with, militate against, Nix, obstruct, oppose, prevent, put a spoke in smb.'s wheel, put a stay on, put back, put off, scotch, shackle, thwart), önlemek (arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, bank, circumvent, counterwork, estop, face up to, foil, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, get under control, head off, intercept, jugulate, keep back, obviate, occlude, preclude, prevent, prevent from, repress, stay, suppress, thwart, ward, ward off), önüne geçmek (forestall, get ahead of smb., head off, obviate, preclude, prevent). (various references)

Ukrainian

заважати (baffle, balk, clog, cut across, embar, embarrass, empeach, hinder, impeach, incommode, interfere, obscure, obstruct, preclude), забороняти (bar, disallow, embar, enjoin, forbid, inhibit, interdict, proclaim, provide, suppress, taboo, tabu, veto). (various references)

Welsh

gwahardd (ban, forbid). (various references)

interdicere, interdico, prohibeo, prohibire, vetare, vetat, vetati, vetatur, veteris, vetetur, vota, voto. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "prohibit": prohibited, prohibiting, prohibition, prohibitionist, prohibitionists, prohibitions, prohibitive, prohibitively, prohibitiveness, prohibitivenesses, prohibitory, prohibits. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Prohibit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: phrohibit, Prithivi, prohib, prohibet, prohibita, prohibite, prohibitum. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: probit.

-3 letters: birth, broth, orbit, oribi, thorp, thrip, throb, tophi, torii.

-4 letters: bort, both, brio, brit, obit, phot, pith, port, riot, roti, thio, thir, thro, tipi, tiro, toph, topi, tori, trio, trip, trop.

-5 letters: bio, bit, bop, bot, bro, hip, hit, hob, hop, hot, obi, opt, orb, ort, phi, pht, pit, poh, poi, pot.

+1 letter: prohibits.

+2 letters: prohibited.

+3 letters: prohibiting, prohibition, prohibitive, prohibitory.

+4 letters: prohibitions, vibraphonist.

+5 letters: bibliotherapy, hypermobility, prohibitively, vibraphonists.