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verboten::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu |
Examples of verboten
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Who wouldn't want to lose weight by consuming something verboten on most diets?
From the nytimes.com
For the first time in years, my favourite exercise, walking my dogs, is verboten.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Water bottles are verboten, so are non-compostible paper cups and toxic paint.
From the bostonherald.com
It might be that being overweight is no longer considered verboten, Rice said.
From the cnn.com
The IMF is now a major player in the euro zone, an area previously verboten to it.
From the online.wsj.com
Bottles of water and soda were at the ready, although desk dining is verboten.
From the sacbee.com
Cards and dominoes, standard in the locker room, were verboten at lunch time.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
That was verboten, kind of like the information about how babies were born.
From the timesunion.com
Also verboten was any passage by East Berliners in the opposite direction.
From the time.com
- Forbidden: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
- This is a list of German expressions used in English; some relatively common (e.g. hamburger), most comparatively rare. In many cases, the German borrowing in English has assumed a meaning substantially different from its German forebear.
- Verboten! is a 1959 film written, produced and directed by Samuel Fuller. It was the last film of the influential but troubled RKO studio, which co-produced it with Fuller's own Globe Enterprises. Distribution was handled by Columbia Pictures.
- Forbidden, prohibited
