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[ ver-boht-n; German fer-boht-n ] / vərˈboʊt n; German fɛrˈboʊt n / SEE SYNONYMS FOR verboten ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveforbidden, as by law; prohibited. Origin of verboten1910–15; <German: past participle of verbieten to forbid Words nearby verbotenverbify, verbigeration, verbing, verbose, verbosity, verboten, verb phrase, verb. sap., verbum sap, Vercelli, Vercelli Book Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for verbotenHe shows us the hypocrisy where in some contexts these very words are socially acceptable and at other times they are verboten. Why George Carlin Deserves His Own Street|Kevin Bartini|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST For the right-wing base and its institutional supporters, concessions are verboten. Tea Party Republicans: The Biggest Sore Winners in Washington|Jamelle Bouie|December 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST Now, none of them spells out the verboten words anywhere that I can see. Dear Editors: Ban ‘Redskins’|Michael Tomasky|June 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST In all that time, probably the only thing we have agreed upon is this: sleeping with patients is verboten. Scott DesJarlais Crossed the Line by Having Sex With Patients|Kent Sepkowitz|November 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Romney comes from the party where raising one cent of taxes is verboten. Romney’s Big Tax Bluff: Why It Will Haunt Him|Michael Tomasky|July 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST Not even a crowd of five persons might gather to watch the military pageant; it was verboten. The Day of Wrath|Louis Tracy In half an hour I got very bored, for I had nothing to read and my pipe was verboten. I had some experience at Dresden of the dangers of “Verboten.” Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life|Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey This, if you will trust us, will do more real good than anything the faculty can do in the way of verboten. Radio Boys Loyalty|Wayne Whipple The old man said he was very sorry, but it was absolutely "verboten," but he assured me that the prisoners were well treated. The Escaping Club|A. J. Evans
British Dictionary definitions for verbotenCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to verbotenbanned, forbidden, prohibited, taboo, disallowed |