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In current usage, prohibit can be followed either by a noun or pronoun denoting the thing prohibited (The UN Declaration calls on all countries to prohibit all forms of human cloning) or by a noun or pronoun denoting the person prohibited, (or preceded by it in passive constructions), followed by from + verbal noun (Army officials are prohibited from discussing the case). It is no longer possible to use a to-infinitive (as it is with forbid): ☒ Army officials are prohibited to discuss the case.

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verb

To refuse to allow: ban, debar, disallow, enjoin, forbid, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, proscribe, taboo. See allow/prevent.

v

Definition: make impossible; stop
Antonyms: allow, authorize, favor, permit, push

IN BRIEF: To forbid by law or by an order. Also: To stop or hold back.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit. — Seneca (4 BC-65 AD)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forbyde

Nederlands (Dutch)
verbieden, onmogelijk maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - interdire, empêcher

Deutsch (German)
v. - verbieten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - απαγορεύω, θέτω υπό απαγόρευση

Italiano (Italian)
proibire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - proibir

Русский (Russian)
запрещать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - prohibir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förbjuda, förhindra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
禁止, 阻止

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 禁止, 阻止

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 금지하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 禁止する, …に…するのを禁止する, 妨げる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمنع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮אסר, פסל, מנע‬

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