prohibited article
Example Sentences
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The temporary powers allow police officers to search those they believe to be under "reasonable suspicion" of committing a crime, planning to commit a crime or in possession of a "prohibited article".
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025
"Please give me some butter," asked Bert, not having observed that this was a prohibited article on the Wilsons' dinner table.
From Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret by Alger, Horatio
The officers were never successful in entirely banishing the prohibited article.
From Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 by Hansen, Marcus L.
One of the inhabitants of Tattah, who was engaged in smuggling the prohibited article, was stopped about dusk by a serjeant, who happened to be going his rounds.
From Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan by Taylor, William
We were asked whether our knapsacks contained any prohibited article?
From Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II by Gleig, G. R. (George Robert)
