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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: forbidden by law [syn: banned, prohibited]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ban Ban, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Banning.] [OE. bannen, bannien, to summon, curse, AS. bannan to summon; akin to Dan. bande, forbande, to curse, Sw. banna to revile, bannas to curse. See Ban an edict, and cf. Banish.] 1. To curse; to invoke evil upon. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To forbid; to interdict. --Byron.

Moby Thesaurus

barred, contraband, debarred, deported, ejected, excluded, exiled, expelled, forbade, forbid, forbidden, illegal, illicit, left out, liquidated, nonpermissible, not in it, not included, not permitted, off limits, out of bounds, outlawed, precluded, prohibited, purged, ruled out, shut out, taboo, tabooed, unallowed, unauthorized, under the ban, unlawful, unlicensed, unpermissible, unsanctioned, untouchable, verboten, vetoed