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
The favourite prohibited article was a species of metal, that came in plates, like tin, or copper, of which we took in large quantities.
From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by Cooper, James Fenimore
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 Sparks, Jared
Under these circumstances, it was natural that persons interested in the English iron manufacture should turn their attention to some other description of fuel which should serve as a substitute for the prohibited article.
From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Smiles, Samuel
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 Harrison, James
