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Illegalize

To make or declare illegal or unlawful.

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Ban 76% connected

A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

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Censor 76% connected

One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals a…

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Disallow 76% connected

To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.

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Forbid 76% connected

of Forbid

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Interdict 76% connected

To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.

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Nix 76% connected

One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.

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Prohibit 76% connected

To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, an…

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Proscribe 76% connected

To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.

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Veto 76% connected

An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

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Outlaw 92% connected

A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.

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