Synonyms for
Prohibited
Definition
not allowed; banned
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Common collocations
- strictly prohibited
- prohibited by law
- prohibited from entering
- prohibited substance
- prohibited activity
- prohibited by the rules
- prohibited item
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Usage note
Often used in legal or official contexts. 'Prohibited' implies a formal ban or restriction, whereas 'forbidden' can sometimes be used more generally for things that are not allowed.
Example sentences
- Eating in the classroom is prohibited.
- Children under 18 are prohibited from buying cigarettes.
- Guns are prohibited in school.
- It is prohibited to drink alcohol in public places.
- The use of cell phones is prohibited during the exam.
Quotes
The law is not a light for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely. - Robert Bolt
The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free. - Henry David Thoreau
No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it. - Theodore Roosevelt
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