Prohibiting
/prəˈhɪbɪtɪŋ/
Definitions
- (v.) Present participle of prohibit, meaning formally forbidding an act or behavior by law or rule.
The statute is prohibiting the sale of unlicensed firearms.
Forms
- prohibit
- prohibits
- prohibited
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Commentary
As a present participle, prohibiting frequently appears in continuous tenses or as a verbal adjective describing ongoing legal forbiddance.
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