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forbidden

adjective as in outlawed, prohibited

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They didn’t realize the house sits on 90 acres and unpermitted commercial activity is forbidden anywhere on the property, he said.

The prime minister's chief of staff McSweeney was called out of a meeting in a secure room in Whitehall where mobile communications are forbidden.

From BBC

"All the looks across the room, the forbidden little touches and everything - it's all there."

From BBC

She says relatives tried to get in touch with her daughters but were told this was "forbidden".

From BBC

“In fact, the evidence cuts in the opposite direction. Abortion not only lacked long-standing protection in American law – it had long been forbidden.”

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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