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What does prohibition mean?

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Noun
  1. An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
  2. A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
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The prohibition is clear and unambiguous, and admits of no distinction between treatment of aliens and citizens.
I would draw an analogy to the 8th Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments.
A prohibition in a designated area would, he believed, present a huge opportunity for Tramore to develop angling and fishing from small boats.
When the movement to legalize abortion began, advocates talked about the human costs of prohibition.
The distillery, you see, lies in a parish that's been dry since prohibition.
Homer turns bootlegger when Springfield enforces an antiquated prohibition law.

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