prohibition

IPA: proʊʌbˈɪʃʌn

An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
A period of time when specific socially disapproved consumables are considered controlled substances.
(history) Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal.
(US) The period from 17 January 1920 through 5 December 1933 in the United States, between the effective dates of the Eighteenth and Twenty-First Amendments to the United States Constitution.
(Islam) The 66th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Examples of "prohibition" in Sentences

I would say that the latest experiment in prohibition is proceding just like the last one, only on a larger scale.
No matter how clean a pig is, a Muslim will never eat it, because that prohibition is based on religion, not facts or reason.
If, on the other hand, "the president is acting in prohibition of an express or implied act of Congress, then he's working at his lowest ebb."
The circuit courts have held unanimously (at least so far) that this prohibition is within the power of Congress to regulate Interstate commerce.
I've tried to relieve some fear about legalization so that you might understand more clearly how futile and destructive marijuana prohibition is and why it should be ended.
Wonder how long the Mexican drug gangs would last if we didn't buy the stuff or if we realized this latest experiment in prohibition is no more successful than the first one.
Sounds nice on the surface, but as several articles here have shown, there are situations such as application of foreign law or marriages, that make clear such an absolute prohibition is unwise.
This final clause strikes me as surplusage, and I would think it invites mischief: whether it employs instrumentalities therefrom, or whether its regulation or prohibition is part of a comprehensive federal regulatory scheme.