Definition of prohibition in English:

prohibition

noun prəʊɪˈbɪʃ(ə)nˌprəʊhɪˈbɪʃ(ə)nˌproʊ(h)əˈbɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1The action of forbidding something, especially by law.
they argue that prohibition of drugs will always fail
Example sentencesExamples
- The international prohibition of drugs is their lifeblood, and a guarantee of on-going civil war.
- Canadians have lost our sense of what is right and wrong over drug prohibition.
- It's one more example of drug prohibition doing more harm than good.
- I'd like to promote elimination of drug prohibition.
- Turvey has long argued against drug prohibition, yet he increasingly applauds and encourages enforcement measures.
- Harm reduction interventions have the potential to reduce the perils of both drug use and drug prohibition.
- Beyond the substantial fiscal costs of enforcing the prohibition of cannabis, the social costs of such policies are considerable.
- The caller suggests that there is full prohibition of guns in France, but the rate of crime in France has increased significantly recently.
- Very few people in this country now believe that drug prohibition can work.
- Even if surrogacy did breach some attractive moral principle, this would not automatically justify legislative prohibition.
- Ultimately, however, we do not believe that these arguments are sufficient reason to weaken society's prohibition of intentional killing.
- Any action carrying a risk of major disaster must be prohibited, regardless of the costs of prohibition.
- Thus, prohibition would be argued for on religious as well as on alleged scientific or medicinal grounds.
- Marijuana may be relatively harmless, but marijuana prohibition is deadly.
- The blanket prohibition of drugs, I think, is wrong.
- The one on drug prohibition was also very important to me.
- The criminalization of responsible drug users is only one of the many pointless aspects of drug prohibition.
- The strongest argument against prohibition is that it does not stop people from using drugs.
- They do not even tell us whether the costs of drug use are lower than they would be without prohibition.
Synonyms
banning, forbidding, prohibiting, barring, debarment, vetoing, proscription, disallowing, disallowance, interdiction, outlawing, making illegal
ban, bar, interdict, veto, embargo, injunction, proscription, boycott, moratorium
1. 1.1count noun A law or regulation forbidding something.
  prohibitions on insider dealing
  Example sentencesExamples
  Parliament has partly lifted the prohibition on imports and exports of cash via post deliveries.
  That was said in the face of a statutory prohibition on commenting on the fact that the accused did not give sworn evidence.
  Similarly, many prohibitions of the criminal law are morally neutral.
  The actual wording of the clause imposes a blanket prohibition on working for another firm of financial analysts.
  Again, the Court noted that the injunctions did not constitute a blanket prohibition.
  I am not satisfied that they contravened the specific prohibition.
  The legal prohibition on discrimination initially only applied to government actions.
  There are eight classes of injunctions and prohibitions which apply to all deeds and actions of mankind.
  As Epstein notes, making no exception to a general prohibition on the use of force is not an option.
  International law establishes an absolute prohibition against torture.
  The prohibition on retroactive penal legislation is linked to the right to a fair trial, as it is irrevocably an example of an unfair trial.
  The prohibition on ‘common law’ crimes is a good thing even though injustice can result.
  Disclosure would contravene a prohibition imposed by or under any enactment.
  When courts extend constitutional prohibitions beyond their previously recognized limit, they may restrict democratic choices made by public bodies.
  Pipes says catching sleepers has been hampered by regulations, immigration law, and prohibitions on ethnic profiling.
  No government would contend that these prohibitions apply only to parties to the treaties that outlaw them.
  While some activities are prohibited, sanctuaries do not impose a total prohibition on human use.
  In the absence of statutory criminal prohibitions, the transactions involved in the scheme and the scheme itself are lawful.
  In theory, the constitutional prohibition could be interpreted as applying only to the future.
  When it comes to local news, we will continue with our general prohibition on the use of anonymous sources.
2. 1.2English Law count noun A writ from a superior court forbidding an inferior court from proceeding in a suit deemed to be beyond its cognizance.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The old judicial review remedies of certiorari, mandamus and prohibition were never applied to charitable trusts as such.
  The Court may direct the issue of such process as may be necessary for doing complete justice in any matter including writs of prohibition, certiorari and mandamus.
  I am just suggesting that there was minor error in the way that I have worded it, because I have never made out a writ of certiorari and prohibition.
  The new proceeding seeks a writ of prohibition and of certiorari.
  We seem to be left with an application for - well, it is described as an application for writs of prohibition, mandamus and a declaration.
2The prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the US between 1920 and 1933.
Example sentencesExamples
- Enforcing Prohibition was so onerous we had to repeal the very constitutional amendment the zealots encouraged us to pass.
- The demand for illicit drugs is as strong as the nation's thirst for bootleg booze during Prohibition.
- How much weight did he give to the corruption and violent crime induced by Prohibition?
- Later, the islands were used as a smuggling stopover for arms in the civil war and for bootleg alcohol during Prohibition.
- His sleepy hollow, in the dirt-poor Appalachian foothills, soon became more popular than a speakeasy during Prohibition.
- Laws harking back to Prohibition require vintners to sell their wines through state-licensed distributors.
- Prohibition in the 1920s created a market for cheap versions of alcoholic products, such as bathtub gin.
- Made up largely of family-owned vineyards at the onset of Prohibition, the industry got clobbered by the new legislation.
- He is currently researching business support for Prohibition.
- The cases date back to the 1920s, when Prohibition created an illicit trade in alcohol.
- The legacies of Prohibition were an increased level of alcohol consumption and flourishing organised crime.
- After Prohibition was repealed, brandy remained a relatively ordinary product although its commercial importance grew over the decades.
- Politicians who argued to overturn Prohibition in the United States used this argument.
- Like the first Prohibition in the 1920s, an underground industry in alcohol had sprung up, and organized crime grew more powerful.
- An English trade embargo on Irish whiskey and Prohibition here in the U.S. helped shutter most of Ireland's distilleries.
- As the fight for Prohibition showed, the social gospel leaders cared about whether people drank or didn't drink.
- Students were amazed at the way food was served, and at the ready availability of alcohol on board, especially during Prohibition.
- Exchange controls resemble U.S. Prohibition during the 1920s.
- It is akin to the banning of alcohol in the U.S.A. during the time of Prohibition, and is totally unenforceable.
- The best American piece is on how Scotch whisky still poured into the USA during Prohibition.

Derivatives

prohibitionary

adjective

As the moral panic unfolds, more and more cultural forms transgress or come up against the symbolic boundary that such prohibitionary legislation seeks to impose.
Example sentencesExamples
- Throughout the province there was a real threat that the federal government would pass a prohibitionary law.

Prohibitionist

nounprəʊhɪˈbɪʃ(ə)nɪstˌproʊ(h)əˈbɪʃ(ə)nəst

These laws were justified by an unholy alliance of liquor wholesalers, bricks-and-mortar retailers, and Prohibitionists as being necessary to keep booze out of the hands of minors.
Example sentencesExamples
- Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign effect: they have completely disposed of all the favorite arguments of the Prohibitionists.
- Finally, the most ardent Prohibitionists are starting to suffer for their zealotry.
- ‘Mother’ was an unyielding moralist, a militant Prohibitionist, a staunch defender of the Sunday blue laws, and a devoted churchgoer opposed to the theory of evolution, to Italian opera, and to nude statues.
- It almost makes one think that the Prohibitionists had it right.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin prohibitio(n-), from prohibere 'keep in check' (see prohibit).

Definition of prohibition in US English:

prohibition

nounˌprō(h)əˈbiSH(ə)nˌproʊ(h)əˈbɪʃ(ə)n

1The action of forbidding something, especially by law.
they argue that prohibition of drugs will always fail
Example sentencesExamples
- I'd like to promote elimination of drug prohibition.
- The criminalization of responsible drug users is only one of the many pointless aspects of drug prohibition.
- Any action carrying a risk of major disaster must be prohibited, regardless of the costs of prohibition.
- Marijuana may be relatively harmless, but marijuana prohibition is deadly.
- Even if surrogacy did breach some attractive moral principle, this would not automatically justify legislative prohibition.
- Canadians have lost our sense of what is right and wrong over drug prohibition.
- The international prohibition of drugs is their lifeblood, and a guarantee of on-going civil war.
- It's one more example of drug prohibition doing more harm than good.
- Thus, prohibition would be argued for on religious as well as on alleged scientific or medicinal grounds.
- Ultimately, however, we do not believe that these arguments are sufficient reason to weaken society's prohibition of intentional killing.
- They do not even tell us whether the costs of drug use are lower than they would be without prohibition.
- Turvey has long argued against drug prohibition, yet he increasingly applauds and encourages enforcement measures.
- The blanket prohibition of drugs, I think, is wrong.
- Beyond the substantial fiscal costs of enforcing the prohibition of cannabis, the social costs of such policies are considerable.
- The caller suggests that there is full prohibition of guns in France, but the rate of crime in France has increased significantly recently.
- The strongest argument against prohibition is that it does not stop people from using drugs.
- Harm reduction interventions have the potential to reduce the perils of both drug use and drug prohibition.
- The one on drug prohibition was also very important to me.
- Very few people in this country now believe that drug prohibition can work.
Synonyms
banning, forbidding, prohibiting, barring, debarment, vetoing, proscription, disallowing, disallowance, interdiction, outlawing, making illegal
ban, bar, interdict, veto, embargo, injunction, proscription, boycott, moratorium
1. 1.1 A law or regulation forbidding something.
  those who favor prohibitions on insider trading
  Example sentencesExamples
  In theory, the constitutional prohibition could be interpreted as applying only to the future.
  No government would contend that these prohibitions apply only to parties to the treaties that outlaw them.
  Parliament has partly lifted the prohibition on imports and exports of cash via post deliveries.
  Similarly, many prohibitions of the criminal law are morally neutral.
  While some activities are prohibited, sanctuaries do not impose a total prohibition on human use.
  The actual wording of the clause imposes a blanket prohibition on working for another firm of financial analysts.
  International law establishes an absolute prohibition against torture.
  Pipes says catching sleepers has been hampered by regulations, immigration law, and prohibitions on ethnic profiling.
  When courts extend constitutional prohibitions beyond their previously recognized limit, they may restrict democratic choices made by public bodies.
  When it comes to local news, we will continue with our general prohibition on the use of anonymous sources.
  That was said in the face of a statutory prohibition on commenting on the fact that the accused did not give sworn evidence.
  The prohibition on ‘common law’ crimes is a good thing even though injustice can result.
  The legal prohibition on discrimination initially only applied to government actions.
  The prohibition on retroactive penal legislation is linked to the right to a fair trial, as it is irrevocably an example of an unfair trial.
  Disclosure would contravene a prohibition imposed by or under any enactment.
  There are eight classes of injunctions and prohibitions which apply to all deeds and actions of mankind.
  In the absence of statutory criminal prohibitions, the transactions involved in the scheme and the scheme itself are lawful.
  I am not satisfied that they contravened the specific prohibition.
  As Epstein notes, making no exception to a general prohibition on the use of force is not an option.
  Again, the Court noted that the injunctions did not constitute a blanket prohibition.
2The prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the US between 1920 and 1933.
Example sentencesExamples
- As the fight for Prohibition showed, the social gospel leaders cared about whether people drank or didn't drink.
- Like the first Prohibition in the 1920s, an underground industry in alcohol had sprung up, and organized crime grew more powerful.
- His sleepy hollow, in the dirt-poor Appalachian foothills, soon became more popular than a speakeasy during Prohibition.
- The best American piece is on how Scotch whisky still poured into the USA during Prohibition.
- The cases date back to the 1920s, when Prohibition created an illicit trade in alcohol.
- After Prohibition was repealed, brandy remained a relatively ordinary product although its commercial importance grew over the decades.
- Students were amazed at the way food was served, and at the ready availability of alcohol on board, especially during Prohibition.
- Exchange controls resemble U.S. Prohibition during the 1920s.
- Politicians who argued to overturn Prohibition in the United States used this argument.
- Made up largely of family-owned vineyards at the onset of Prohibition, the industry got clobbered by the new legislation.
- Enforcing Prohibition was so onerous we had to repeal the very constitutional amendment the zealots encouraged us to pass.
- He is currently researching business support for Prohibition.
- Laws harking back to Prohibition require vintners to sell their wines through state-licensed distributors.
- The demand for illicit drugs is as strong as the nation's thirst for bootleg booze during Prohibition.
- The legacies of Prohibition were an increased level of alcohol consumption and flourishing organised crime.
- Later, the islands were used as a smuggling stopover for arms in the civil war and for bootleg alcohol during Prohibition.
- How much weight did he give to the corruption and violent crime induced by Prohibition?
- Prohibition in the 1920s created a market for cheap versions of alcoholic products, such as bathtub gin.
- An English trade embargo on Irish whiskey and Prohibition here in the U.S. helped shutter most of Ireland's distilleries.
- It is akin to the banning of alcohol in the U.S.A. during the time of Prohibition, and is totally unenforceable.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin prohibitio(n-), from prohibere ‘keep in check’ (see prohibit).

单词	prohibition
释义	Definition of prohibition in English: prohibition noun prəʊɪˈbɪʃ(ə)nˌprəʊhɪˈbɪʃ(ə)nˌproʊ(h)əˈbɪʃ(ə)n mass noun 1The action of forbidding something, especially by law. they argue that prohibition of drugs will always fail Example sentencesExamples The international prohibition of drugs is their lifeblood, and a guarantee of on-going civil war. Canadians have lost our sense of what is right and wrong over drug prohibition. It's one more example of drug prohibition doing more harm than good. I'd like to promote elimination of drug prohibition. Turvey has long argued against drug prohibition, yet he increasingly applauds and encourages enforcement measures. Harm reduction interventions have the potential to reduce the perils of both drug use and drug prohibition. Beyond the substantial fiscal costs of enforcing the prohibition of cannabis, the social costs of such policies are considerable. The caller suggests that there is full prohibition of guns in France, but the rate of crime in France has increased significantly recently. Very few people in this country now believe that drug prohibition can work. Even if surrogacy did breach some attractive moral principle, this would not automatically justify legislative prohibition. Ultimately, however, we do not believe that these arguments are sufficient reason to weaken society's prohibition of intentional killing. Any action carrying a risk of major disaster must be prohibited, regardless of the costs of prohibition. Thus, prohibition would be argued for on religious as well as on alleged scientific or medicinal grounds. Marijuana may be relatively harmless, but marijuana prohibition is deadly. The blanket prohibition of drugs, I think, is wrong. The one on drug prohibition was also very important to me. The criminalization of responsible drug users is only one of the many pointless aspects of drug prohibition. The strongest argument against prohibition is that it does not stop people from using drugs. They do not even tell us whether the costs of drug use are lower than they would be without prohibition. Synonyms banning, forbidding, prohibiting, barring, debarment, vetoing, proscription, disallowing, disallowance, interdiction, outlawing, making illegal ban, bar, interdict, veto, embargo, injunction, proscription, boycott, moratorium 1.1count noun A law or regulation forbidding something. prohibitions on insider dealing Example sentencesExamples Parliament has partly lifted the prohibition on imports and exports of cash via post deliveries. That was said in the face of a statutory prohibition on commenting on the fact that the accused did not give sworn evidence. Similarly, many prohibitions of the criminal law are morally neutral. The actual wording of the clause imposes a blanket prohibition on working for another firm of financial analysts. Again, the Court noted that the injunctions did not constitute a blanket prohibition. I am not satisfied that they contravened the specific prohibition. The legal prohibition on discrimination initially only applied to government actions. There are eight classes of injunctions and prohibitions which apply to all deeds and actions of mankind. As Epstein notes, making no exception to a general prohibition on the use of force is not an option. International law establishes an absolute prohibition against torture. The prohibition on retroactive penal legislation is linked to the right to a fair trial, as it is irrevocably an example of an unfair trial. The prohibition on ‘common law’ crimes is a good thing even though injustice can result. Disclosure would contravene a prohibition imposed by or under any enactment. When courts extend constitutional prohibitions beyond their previously recognized limit, they may restrict democratic choices made by public bodies. Pipes says catching sleepers has been hampered by regulations, immigration law, and prohibitions on ethnic profiling. No government would contend that these prohibitions apply only to parties to the treaties that outlaw them. While some activities are prohibited, sanctuaries do not impose a total prohibition on human use. In the absence of statutory criminal prohibitions, the transactions involved in the scheme and the scheme itself are lawful. In theory, the constitutional prohibition could be interpreted as applying only to the future. When it comes to local news, we will continue with our general prohibition on the use of anonymous sources. 1.2English Law count noun A writ from a superior court forbidding an inferior court from proceeding in a suit deemed to be beyond its cognizance. Example sentencesExamples The old judicial review remedies of certiorari, mandamus and prohibition were never applied to charitable trusts as such. The Court may direct the issue of such process as may be necessary for doing complete justice in any matter including writs of prohibition, certiorari and mandamus. I am just suggesting that there was minor error in the way that I have worded it, because I have never made out a writ of certiorari and prohibition. The new proceeding seeks a writ of prohibition and of certiorari. We seem to be left with an application for - well, it is described as an application for writs of prohibition, mandamus and a declaration. 2The prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the US between 1920 and 1933. Example sentencesExamples Enforcing Prohibition was so onerous we had to repeal the very constitutional amendment the zealots encouraged us to pass. The demand for illicit drugs is as strong as the nation's thirst for bootleg booze during Prohibition. How much weight did he give to the corruption and violent crime induced by Prohibition? Later, the islands were used as a smuggling stopover for arms in the civil war and for bootleg alcohol during Prohibition. His sleepy hollow, in the dirt-poor Appalachian foothills, soon became more popular than a speakeasy during Prohibition. Laws harking back to Prohibition require vintners to sell their wines through state-licensed distributors. Prohibition in the 1920s created a market for cheap versions of alcoholic products, such as bathtub gin. Made up largely of family-owned vineyards at the onset of Prohibition, the industry got clobbered by the new legislation. He is currently researching business support for Prohibition. The cases date back to the 1920s, when Prohibition created an illicit trade in alcohol. The legacies of Prohibition were an increased level of alcohol consumption and flourishing organised crime. After Prohibition was repealed, brandy remained a relatively ordinary product although its commercial importance grew over the decades. Politicians who argued to overturn Prohibition in the United States used this argument. Like the first Prohibition in the 1920s, an underground industry in alcohol had sprung up, and organized crime grew more powerful. An English trade embargo on Irish whiskey and Prohibition here in the U.S. helped shutter most of Ireland's distilleries. As the fight for Prohibition showed, the social gospel leaders cared about whether people drank or didn't drink. Students were amazed at the way food was served, and at the ready availability of alcohol on board, especially during Prohibition. Exchange controls resemble U.S. Prohibition during the 1920s. It is akin to the banning of alcohol in the U.S.A. during the time of Prohibition, and is totally unenforceable. The best American piece is on how Scotch whisky still poured into the USA during Prohibition. Derivatives prohibitionary adjective As the moral panic unfolds, more and more cultural forms transgress or come up against the symbolic boundary that such prohibitionary legislation seeks to impose. Example sentencesExamples Throughout the province there was a real threat that the federal government would pass a prohibitionary law. Prohibitionist nounprəʊhɪˈbɪʃ(ə)nɪstˌproʊ(h)əˈbɪʃ(ə)nəst These laws were justified by an unholy alliance of liquor wholesalers, bricks-and-mortar retailers, and Prohibitionists as being necessary to keep booze out of the hands of minors. Example sentencesExamples Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign effect: they have completely disposed of all the favorite arguments of the Prohibitionists. Finally, the most ardent Prohibitionists are starting to suffer for their zealotry. ‘Mother’ was an unyielding moralist, a militant Prohibitionist, a staunch defender of the Sunday blue laws, and a devoted churchgoer opposed to the theory of evolution, to Italian opera, and to nude statues. It almost makes one think that the Prohibitionists had it right. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin prohibitio(n-), from prohibere 'keep in check' (see prohibit). Definition of prohibition in US English: prohibition nounˌprō(h)əˈbiSH(ə)nˌproʊ(h)əˈbɪʃ(ə)n 1The action of forbidding something, especially by law. they argue that prohibition of drugs will always fail Example sentencesExamples I'd like to promote elimination of drug prohibition. The criminalization of responsible drug users is only one of the many pointless aspects of drug prohibition. Any action carrying a risk of major disaster must be prohibited, regardless of the costs of prohibition. Marijuana may be relatively harmless, but marijuana prohibition is deadly. Even if surrogacy did breach some attractive moral principle, this would not automatically justify legislative prohibition. Canadians have lost our sense of what is right and wrong over drug prohibition. The international prohibition of drugs is their lifeblood, and a guarantee of on-going civil war. It's one more example of drug prohibition doing more harm than good. Thus, prohibition would be argued for on religious as well as on alleged scientific or medicinal grounds. Ultimately, however, we do not believe that these arguments are sufficient reason to weaken society's prohibition of intentional killing. They do not even tell us whether the costs of drug use are lower than they would be without prohibition. Turvey has long argued against drug prohibition, yet he increasingly applauds and encourages enforcement measures. The blanket prohibition of drugs, I think, is wrong. Beyond the substantial fiscal costs of enforcing the prohibition of cannabis, the social costs of such policies are considerable. The caller suggests that there is full prohibition of guns in France, but the rate of crime in France has increased significantly recently. The strongest argument against prohibition is that it does not stop people from using drugs. Harm reduction interventions have the potential to reduce the perils of both drug use and drug prohibition. The one on drug prohibition was also very important to me. Very few people in this country now believe that drug prohibition can work. Synonyms banning, forbidding, prohibiting, barring, debarment, vetoing, proscription, disallowing, disallowance, interdiction, outlawing, making illegal ban, bar, interdict, veto, embargo, injunction, proscription, boycott, moratorium 1.1 A law or regulation forbidding something. those who favor prohibitions on insider trading Example sentencesExamples In theory, the constitutional prohibition could be interpreted as applying only to the future. No government would contend that these prohibitions apply only to parties to the treaties that outlaw them. Parliament has partly lifted the prohibition on imports and exports of cash via post deliveries. Similarly, many prohibitions of the criminal law are morally neutral. While some activities are prohibited, sanctuaries do not impose a total prohibition on human use. The actual wording of the clause imposes a blanket prohibition on working for another firm of financial analysts. International law establishes an absolute prohibition against torture. Pipes says catching sleepers has been hampered by regulations, immigration law, and prohibitions on ethnic profiling. When courts extend constitutional prohibitions beyond their previously recognized limit, they may restrict democratic choices made by public bodies. When it comes to local news, we will continue with our general prohibition on the use of anonymous sources. That was said in the face of a statutory prohibition on commenting on the fact that the accused did not give sworn evidence. The prohibition on ‘common law’ crimes is a good thing even though injustice can result. The legal prohibition on discrimination initially only applied to government actions. The prohibition on retroactive penal legislation is linked to the right to a fair trial, as it is irrevocably an example of an unfair trial. Disclosure would contravene a prohibition imposed by or under any enactment. There are eight classes of injunctions and prohibitions which apply to all deeds and actions of mankind. In the absence of statutory criminal prohibitions, the transactions involved in the scheme and the scheme itself are lawful. I am not satisfied that they contravened the specific prohibition. As Epstein notes, making no exception to a general prohibition on the use of force is not an option. Again, the Court noted that the injunctions did not constitute a blanket prohibition. 2The prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the US between 1920 and 1933. Example sentencesExamples As the fight for Prohibition showed, the social gospel leaders cared about whether people drank or didn't drink. Like the first Prohibition in the 1920s, an underground industry in alcohol had sprung up, and organized crime grew more powerful. His sleepy hollow, in the dirt-poor Appalachian foothills, soon became more popular than a speakeasy during Prohibition. The best American piece is on how Scotch whisky still poured into the USA during Prohibition. The cases date back to the 1920s, when Prohibition created an illicit trade in alcohol. After Prohibition was repealed, brandy remained a relatively ordinary product although its commercial importance grew over the decades. Students were amazed at the way food was served, and at the ready availability of alcohol on board, especially during Prohibition. Exchange controls resemble U.S. Prohibition during the 1920s. Politicians who argued to overturn Prohibition in the United States used this argument. Made up largely of family-owned vineyards at the onset of Prohibition, the industry got clobbered by the new legislation. Enforcing Prohibition was so onerous we had to repeal the very constitutional amendment the zealots encouraged us to pass. He is currently researching business support for Prohibition. Laws harking back to Prohibition require vintners to sell their wines through state-licensed distributors. The demand for illicit drugs is as strong as the nation's thirst for bootleg booze during Prohibition. The legacies of Prohibition were an increased level of alcohol consumption and flourishing organised crime. Later, the islands were used as a smuggling stopover for arms in the civil war and for bootleg alcohol during Prohibition. How much weight did he give to the corruption and violent crime induced by Prohibition? Prohibition in the 1920s created a market for cheap versions of alcoholic products, such as bathtub gin. An English trade embargo on Irish whiskey and Prohibition here in the U.S. helped shutter most of Ireland's distilleries. It is akin to the banning of alcohol in the U.S.A. during the time of Prohibition, and is totally unenforceable. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin prohibitio(n-), from prohibere ‘keep in check’ (see prohibit).
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