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Prohibition is a law or order forbidding something, or is the condition of forbidding something, or was a time in the U.S. during the 1920s and early 1930s when alcohol was illegal. (noun)

An example ofprohibition is when the legislature passes a law making the use of drugs forbidden.

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noun

a prohibiting or being prohibited
an order or law that forbids
☆ the forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
in the U.S., the period (1920-1933) of prohibition (sense ) by federal law

See prohibition in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(prōˌə-bĭshˈən)

noun

The act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited.
A law, order, or decree that forbids something.
a. The forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages.
b. Prohibition The period (1920-1933) during which the 18th Amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was in force in the United States.

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