1. To forbid the public distribution of; as of movies or newspapers; SYN. censor.
2. To prohibit esp. by legal means or social pressure.

To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject.

(Irregular preterit, past participle: forbad, forbidden).
To command against; SYN. prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow.

To declare illegal; SYN. criminalize, illegalize.

1. To denounce and condemn; to outlaw; to prohibit
2. To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile.
3. Outlaw; prohibit; condemn as harmful.