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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
banned
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an illegal/banned/prohibited substance (=used mainly to refer to illegal drugs)
▪ Any player found guilty of using banned substances faces the prospect of a lengthy suspension.
be banned/disqualified from driving (=be forbidden to drive by law)
▪ Murray was banned from driving for six months after admitting to speeding.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
substance
▪ The book begins to date immediately as new drugs come out and as the authorities amend the list of banned substances from time to time.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Some fertilizers were found to contain the banned chemicals.
▪ The government ordered members of the banned political party to appear for questioning.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A further 60 can be used but not sold, while 70 formulations are banned as originally planned.
▪ Even in pedestrian areas where cars are banned, the rumble and the smell are everywhere.
▪ In addition there are a number of banned opposition parties operating either underground or in exile.
▪ In the 1950s, Paisley and Norman Porter led banned parades.
▪ Such weapons should be banned and there should be tighter control on their manufacture and import.
▪ There are books on many library shelves which become the subject of litigation, though not banned.
▪ William McCrea was imprisoned in 1971 for taking part in a banned march in Dungiven.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Banned

Ban \Ban\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banned (b[a^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Banning.] [OE. bannen, bannien, to summon, curse, AS. bannan to summon; akin to Dan. bande, forbande, to curse, Sw. banna to revile, bannas to curse. See Ban an edict, and cf. Banish.]

  1. To curse; to invoke evil upon.
    --Sir W. Scott.

  2. To forbid; to interdict.
    --Byron.

Wiktionary
banned
  1. forbidden; not allowed. v

  2. (en-pastban)

WordNet
ban
  1. n. a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition, proscription]

  2. 100 bani equal 1 leu

  3. 100 bani equal 1 leu

  4. an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: banning, forbiddance, forbidding]

  5. a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: Bachelor of Arts in Nursing]

  6. [also: banning, banned, bani (pl)]

banned

adj. forbidden by law [syn: prohibited]

ban
  1. v. prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"

  2. forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) [syn: censor]

  3. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn: banish]

  4. expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]

  5. [also: banning, banned, bani (pl)]

banned

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Wikipedia
Banned (EP)

Banned is the second EP by UGK. It was released in 1992 by Bigtyme Recordz.

Banned (disambiguation)

Banned is a state resulting from a legal barrier.

Banned or The Banned may also refer to:

  • Banned (EP), an album by UGK
  • Banned (horse) in Jefferson Cup Stakes
  • The Banned, New Wave band
  • The Banned (EastEnders), fictional band

Usage examples of "banned".

That this leaf -presented to the parents of the bride to ensure permission for her hand in marriage, thrown into the air before journeys to ensure a safe return, buried in the ground by farmers to ensure plentiful harvests, burned at the cornerstones of new houses to ensure good luck within them, laid on piles of stones dedicated to Pachacamac to ensure safe passage through the mountains, and so on and so on - could have been banned beggars belief.

Inca ordered the mine shafts to be sealed, and banned any references to mercury in public.

This was not good enough for Wiley: he wanted the drink banned outright.

He launched a vendetta against the company and eventually managed to get the drink banned by the US Army in 1907, on the basis that it contained a vast amount of cocaine and as much alcohol as beer.

When the Pure Food and Drug Act had been passed in 1906 the authorities were already confused, drafting a law that ensured that coca wines and other preparations containing the leaf were banned, while apparently forgetting that cocaine itself could be bought over the counter at any chemist in theUnited States.

He was a biologist banned from Brazil for black-market profiteering and for crimes against the indigenous people.

United States to the ranks of Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Nigeria, China, and Congo, which had already banned the practice, or publicly disavowed it.

Court banned, as unconstitutional, only school-sponsored and school-organized readings of the Bible in which all students must participate.

He wanted to see all legislation that banned the teaching of evolution declared unconstitutional.

Elected as a congressman from Massachusetts, before John Paul II banned priests and nuns from holding political office, Drinan was a tireless advocate for peace, for the poor, and for social justice.

The Saudis mobilized their armed forces, began training volunteers, broke off diplomatic relations with Britain and France, banned the refueling of their ships in Saudi ports, and embargoed oil shipments to both countries.

So he was not banished, but to appease his daughter-in-law, the King banned his poetry and had every extant copy of his work destroyed.

I see now why my father banned the writings of such self-proclaimed sages as your Shorvi Nirienne.