DEF: To forbid.
EX: Most automatic guns are banned in Canada, they cannot not be sold or purchased.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
ban (verb)transitive verb
1.
archaic - curse
2.
to prohibit especially by legal means - ban discrimination , also to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of - ban a book ban a pesticide
3.
intransitive verb
- bar banned from the U.N. archaic to utter curses or maledictions
1.
the summoning in feudal times of the king's vassals for military service
2.
- anathema excommunication
3.
- malediction curse
4.
legal or formal prohibition - a ban on beef exports
5.
censure or condemnation especially through social pressure
- see leu at money table
