be forbidden by law
Frequency: 7.511.3 per million words
Indicates that something is illegal.
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- In this jurisdiction, smoking in restaurants is forbidden by law.
- The sale of fireworks to minors is forbidden by law in many states.
- Dumping toxic waste into the river was forbidden by law decades ago.
- Unauthorized drones over the airport are forbidden by law.
- During the emergency, price gouging is explicitly forbidden by law.
- The import of endangered species has long been forbidden by law.
- Parking here after 10 p.m. is forbidden by law and subject to fines.
- In many countries, discrimination on the basis of race is forbidden by law.
- Selling alcohol without a license is forbidden by law in this province.
- Their proposal includes activities that would be forbidden by law next year.