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nounthe period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
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nouna decree that prohibits something
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"they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"nounthe action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
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"in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"nouna law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beveragestype of:
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nounrefusal to approve or assent totype of:
Definition that contains prohibition
- nation United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
- ban an official prohibition or edict against something
- speakeasy (during prohibition) an illegal barroom
- scarface United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947)
- banning an official prohibition or edict against something
- capone United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947)
- forbidding an official prohibition or edict against something
- interdiction authoritative prohibition
- alphonse capone United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947)
- carry amelia moore nation United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)