[noun]London Transport has announced a prohibition on smoking on buses. [C]The environmental group is demanding a complete prohibition against the hunting of whales. [C]It's my feeling that the money spent on drug prohibition would be better spent on information and education. [U]Prohibition was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the production and sale of alcohol was forbidden in the US.
PROHIBITION
Meaning of PROHIBITION in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012