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forbidden

 adjective
     
for‧bid‧den
1 not allowed, especially because of an official rule [↪ banned]
it is forbidden (to do something)
It is forbidden to smoke at school.
be strictly/expressly/absolutely etc forbidden
Alcohol is strictly forbidden in Saudi Arabia.
2 a forbidden place is one that you are not allowed to go to
forbidden to
The Great Mosque is forbidden to Christians.
3 a forbidden activity, subject etc is one that people think that you should not do, talk about etc:
Sex was always a forbidden topic.
forbidden fruit (=something that you should not have, but that you want)
Forbidden fruit is always more attractive.
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