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prohibir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ban verb To officially forbid something.
  • criminalize verb To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
  • enjoin verb To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
  • forbid verb To order someone not to do something; to prohibit.
  • prohibit verb To forbid something officially, usually by law or rule.

Senses

prohibir is used for these senses in English:

  • ban (transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
  • criminalize (transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
  • enjoin (transitive, legal) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
  • forbid (transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
  • prohibit (transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.

ban — full definition

  1. verb To officially forbid something.
  2. noun An official prohibition.

criminalize — full definition

  1. verb To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
  2. verb To treat as a criminal.

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