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verboten

[ver-boht-n, fer-boht-n]

adjective

  1. forbidden, as by law; prohibited.



verboten

/ ɛˈːə /

adjective

  1. forbidden; prohibited

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of verboten1

First recorded in 1910–15; from German: past participle of verbieten “to prohibit, forbid”; forbid
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To boldly confront the latter is almost verboten among the American mainstream news media and others who maintain the limits of the approved public discourse and “the consensus.”

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Technically, abortion is legal for up to 12 weeks in Georgia, but in this conservative, patriarchal society, it’s nonetheless practically verboten.

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“DEI” may be a verboten term in the current presidential administration, but at Santa Monica’s second Bergamot Comedy Festival, it’s a mandate.

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So for our purposes, such tax rises are clearly verboten.

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Hard-liners could argue that anything shipped to an abortion clinic to help it operate could be verboten, even latex gloves.

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