prohibited

[ proh-hib-i-tid ]

adjective

1. forbidden by authority or law:

   A scanner should be able to detect any prohibited object that the traveler may be carrying concealed in their clothing.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of prohibit ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·pro·hib·it·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of prohibited¹

prohibit ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Worldwide, the number of displaced people has been climbing alongside what appears to be the rising severity of disasters, and research suggests that by later this century as much as one-third of civilization — billions of people — could be facing the kind of heat and drought that had prohibited most human settlement for thousands of years.

From Salon

Under the laws of war, the forced displacement of any civilians inside an occupied territory is prohibited, unless it is necessary for their security or for an imperative military reason.

From BBC

In 2019, during his first term, Trump’s administration implemented a new rule that prohibited any health provider in the Title X network from mentioning abortion to patients, even if a patient raised questions about it themselves.

From BBC

The results of the study, which were published online Monday by the Journal of the American Medical Assn., showed that more than two-thirds of the buyers successfully obtained flavored vapes, including almost 70% of the buyers in the city of San Diego — again, where those sales are explicitly prohibited, the study said.

From Los Angeles Times

Richard Nixon unilaterally and secretly launched the invasion of Cambodia in 1970, and Ronald Reagan created a secret Central American foreign policy, while arranging the unauthorized transfer of funds and weaponry to the Nicaraguan rebels, the Contras, from the sale of U.S. arms to Iran, despite the fact that such funding was prohibited by an act of Congress, the Boland Amendment.

From Salon

Related Words

• banned
• barred
• contraband
• illegal
• illicit
• restricted