prohibit

Academic Word List, sublist 7.

About 2.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.

   The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio.

Similar words

veto proscribe forbid disallow interdict banning prohibition preclude interdiction deny

Often followed by

the a any all or such it slavery them discrimination

Word family

prohibited prohibiting prohibition prohibitions prohibitive prohibits