banned

Verb

Verb Forms: ban, banned, banning, bans

• Officially or legally prohibited.
• forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
• prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
  • "Smoking is banned in this building"
• ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
• expel from a community or group
• simple past and past participle of ban

Adjective Satellite

• forbidden by law

Adj

• Forbidden; not allowed.

Adjective

• Officially or legally prohibited from use.

Examples

• Phony words are banned in Words with Friends, much to my chagrin.
• The player was banned from using a dictionary during the Scrabble tournament.

Synonyms

ban, banish, blackball, cast out, censor, ostracise, ostracize, prohibited, shun

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