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• n  an official prohibition or edict against something
• v  forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
• v  prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
• v  ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
• v  expel from a community or group

• A new state-level probe is aimed at banning the organization.
• Initiatives banning it were on the ballot in 11 states and passed in every one, overwhelmingly in almost every case.
• Some also charge that religious intolerance was behind France's infamous 2004 law banning students from wearing "ostensible religious objects" in public schools a prohibition .

• ban
• forbiddance
• forbidding
• censor
• banish
• ostracize
• ostracise
• shun
• cast out
• blackball

News & Articles

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• Banning police arrest suspect in multiple burglaries at local schools
  Banning police arrested an 18-year-old man on May 31 for committing multiple burglaries at Banning schools. Police responded on May 21 at 5:04 a.m. to an alarm at Central Elementary School in Banning. Officers found a broken classroom window and noticed a subject inside the classroom.
  June 12, 2013 - The Record Gazette
• Banning school board appoints superintendent; board member resigns
  Former Beaumont Unified School District administrator Robert Guillen was appointed as Banning Unified School District’s latest superintendent during a May 9 closed session school board meeting conducted at Hemmerling Elementary School.
  June 12, 2013 - The Record Gazette
• How banning 3 useful word undermines immigration reform
  On April 2, 2013, the Associated Press announced amendments to its style book, effectively banning the use of the word … The post How banning 3 useful word undermines immigration reform appeared first on The Stillwater Gazette .
  June 12, 2013 - Stillwater Gazette

Quotes

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• Antonin Scalia in Christian Science Monitor
  Under any standards of scrutiny that we have applied to enumerated constitutional rights, banning from the home the most preferred firearm in the nation to keep and use for protection of one's home and family, would fail constitutional muster,...
• Sepp Blatter in Toronto Sun
  To answer all your messages (regarding) the vuvuzelas. I have always said that Africa has a different rhythm, a different sound,Blatter said through his twitter feed SeppBlatter. "I don't see banning the music traditions of fans in their...
• Gordon Brown in AFP
  We want to ensure that Zimbabwe does not tour England next year and we will call for other countries to join us in banning Zimbabwe from the Twenty20 international tournament,Brown said during Prime Minister's Question Time.