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Adjective: banned  band
  1. Forbidden by law
    "atrazine is thought to cause cancer and is banned in some European countries";
    - prohibited
Verb: ban (banned,banning)  ban
  1. Forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)
    - censor
     
  2. Prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
    "Smoking is banned in this building"
     
  3. Expel from a community or group
    - banish, ostracize, ostracise [Brit], shun, cast out, blackball

Sounds like: band

See also: illegal

Type of: criminalise [Brit], criminalize, disallow, expel, forbid, illegalise [Brit], illegalize, interdict, kick out [informal], nix [N. Amer, informal], outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, throw out, veto

Encyclopedia: Banned

Ban, Iran