verboten
/vəːˈbəʊt(ə)n
/ /fɛɐˈboːtn/adjective
Forbidden, especially by an authority: bank fishing is verboten on Strathbeg the list of verboten films...
- Conservative ideas take on even greater allure for students when the authorities say they're verboten.
- We wanted to develop our success with the MGF but BMW had a roadster of its own and even talking about MG was verboten.
- The war is verboten, out of bounds, off limits, bad form, we've moved on from all that.
Origin
German.