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
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 William Taylor
It being a prohibited article at Vienna, the merchant whom he applied to, observed that he did not sell it.
From The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 by James Harrison
The principal ones of our country are rice and indigo; tobacco is a prohibited article.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII by Jared Sparks
After receiving the sum agreed upon between the importer and themselves they frequently become the purchasers of the prohibited article.
