Words similar to prohibition

Example sentences for: prohibition

How can you use “prohibition” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In 1878, the Supreme Court upheld the conventional view that the prohibition represents permissible intervention by the state to protect the weak against entering into exploitative relationships.
The NYT leads with the EPA's prohibition of two fruit-and-vegetable pesticides, a story fronted by the Los Angeles Times .
But because much of the Mafia's interest in booze died with the repeal of prohibition, what keeps these laws alive is politics.
Only during Prohibition did it branch out of ethnic neighborhoods and into bootlegging, gambling, and prostitution.
I think "state-sponsored" gambling is preferable to none at all--just as state-owned liquor stores are a lot better than Prohibition.