"prohibit" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /pɹəˈhɪbɪt/ [UK], /pɹəʊˈhɪbɪt/ [UK], /pɹoʊˈhɪbɪt/ [US], /pɹəˈhɪbət/ [US] Audio: en-us-prohibit.ogg [US] Forms: prohibits [present, singular, third-person], prohibiting [participle, present], prohibited [participle, past], prohibited [past]
Rhymes: -ɪbɪt Etymology: From Middle English prohibiten, from Latin prohibeō (“I fend off, prevent, prohibit”) (through past participle prohibitus). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pro-||*gʰeh₁bʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|prohibiten}} Middle English prohibiten, {{der|en|la|prohibeō|t=I fend off, prevent, prohibit}} Latin prohibeō (“I fend off, prevent, prohibit”), {{m|la|prohibitus}} prohibitus Head templates: {{en-verb}} prohibit (third-person singular simple present prohibits, present participle prohibiting, simple past and past participle prohibited)
  1. (transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit. Tags: transitive Hyponyms: shut out Related terms: prohibition, prohibitive, interdict, debar, prevent, hinder Translations (to proscribe officially): مَنَعَ (manaʕa) (Arabic), забараня́ць (zabaranjácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), забарані́ць (zabaranícʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), забранявам (zabranjavam) (Bulgarian), prohibir (Catalan), 禁止 (jìnzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 阻止 (zǔzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), difen (Cornish), zakazovat [imperfective] (Czech), zakázat [perfective] (Czech), verbieden (Dutch), malpermesi (Esperanto), pacu (Fataluku), kieltää (Finnish), interdire (French), prohiber (French), prohibir (Galician), banir (Galician), enfensar (Galician), devedar (Galician), coutar (Galician), toller (Galician), privar (Galician), entredicir (Galician), verbieten (German), απαγορεύω (apagorévo) (Greek), megtilt (Hungarian), tilt (Hungarian), urghair [literary] (Irish), coisc (Irish), proibire (Italian), impedire (Italian), ostacolare (Italian), vietare (Italian), 禁じる (kinjiru) (Japanese), 禁止する (kinshi suru) (Japanese), 금하다 (geumhada) (Korean), prohibeō (Latin), interdīcō (Latin), vetō (Latin), aizliegt (Latvian), verbidden (Luxembourgish), bandu (Makasae), നിരോധിക്കുക (nirōdhikkuka) (Malayalam), വിലക്കുക (vilakkuka) (Malayalam), rāhui (Maori), whakamanakore (Maori), forby (Norwegian Bokmål), forby (Norwegian Nynorsk), forbyde (Norwegian Nynorsk), forbēodan (Old English), zakazywać [imperfective] (Polish), zakazać [perfective] (Polish), proibir (Portuguese), amatay (Quechua), interzice (Romanian), запреща́ть (zapreščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), запрети́ть (zapretítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), забрањи́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), забра́нити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), zabranjívati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), zabrániti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), prohibir (Spanish), förbjuda (Swedish), bandu (Tetum), ห้าม (hâam) (Thai), забороня́ти (zaboronjáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), заборони́ти (zaboronýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "مَنَعَ"
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          "roman": "zabaranjácʹ",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
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          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zabranjavam",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "забранявам"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "prohibir"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jìnzhǐ",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "禁止"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zǔzhǐ",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "阻止"
        },
        {
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "difen"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zakázat"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "verbieden"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "malpermesi"
        },
        {
          "code": "ddg",
          "lang": "Fataluku",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "pacu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "kieltää"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "interdire"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "prohiber"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "prohibir"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "banir"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "enfensar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "devedar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "coutar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "toller"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "privar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "entredicir"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "verbieten"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apagorévo",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "απαγορεύω"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "megtilt"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "tilt"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "urghair"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "coisc"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "proibire"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "impedire"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "ostacolare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "vietare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kinjiru",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "禁じる"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kinshi suru",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "禁止する"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geumhada",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "금하다"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "prohibeō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "interdīcō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "vetō"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "aizliegt"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "verbidden"
        },
        {
          "code": "mkz",
          "lang": "Makasae",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "bandu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "nirōdhikkuka",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "നിരോധിക്കുക"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "vilakkuka",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "വിലക്കുക"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "rāhui"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "whakamanakore"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "forby"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "forby"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "forbyde"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "forbēodan"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zakazywać"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zakazać"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "proibir"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "amatay"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "interzice"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zapreščátʹ",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "запреща́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zapretítʹ",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "запрети́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "забрањи́вати"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
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          "word": "забра́нити"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zabranjívati"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zabrániti"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "prohibir"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "förbjuda"
        },
        {
          "code": "tet",
          "lang": "Tetum",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "bandu"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "hâam",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "word": "ห้าม"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zaboronjáty",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "забороня́ти"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zaboronýty",
          "sense": "to proscribe officially",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заборони́ти"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/pɹəʊˈhɪbɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/pɹoʊˈhɪbɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:prohibit",
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      "word": "enjoin"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:prohibit",
      "word": "estop"
    },
    {
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:prohibit",
      "word": "foresnaffle"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:prohibit",
      "word": "interdict"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:prohibit",
      "word": "outlaw"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:prohibit",
      "word": "proscribe"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:prohibit",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:prohibit",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "manaʕa",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "مَنَعَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zabaranjácʹ",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "забараня́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zabaranícʹ",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "забарані́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabranjavam",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "забранявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "prohibir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìnzhǐ",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "禁止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǔzhǐ",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "阻止"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "difen"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zakazovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zakázat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "verbieden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "malpermesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ddg",
      "lang": "Fataluku",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "pacu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "kieltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "interdire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "prohiber"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "prohibir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "banir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "enfensar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "devedar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "coutar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "toller"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "privar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "entredicir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "verbieten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apagorévo",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "απαγορεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "megtilt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "tilt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "urghair"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "coisc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "proibire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "impedire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "ostacolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "vietare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kinjiru",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "禁じる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kinshi suru",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "禁止する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geumhada",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "금하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "prohibeō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "interdīcō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "vetō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "aizliegt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "verbidden"
    },
    {
      "code": "mkz",
      "lang": "Makasae",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "bandu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "nirōdhikkuka",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "നിരോധിക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vilakkuka",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "വിലക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "rāhui"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "whakamanakore"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "forby"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "forby"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "forbyde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "forbēodan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zakazywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zakazać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "proibir"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "amatay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "interzice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapreščátʹ",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запреща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapretítʹ",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запрети́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "забрањи́вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "забра́нити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zabranjívati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zabrániti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "prohibir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "förbjuda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tet",
      "lang": "Tetum",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "bandu"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hâam",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "word": "ห้าม"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaboronjáty",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "забороня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaboronýty",
      "sense": "to proscribe officially",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заборони́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prohibit"
}

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