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Prohibition
Pro·hi·bi·tion


noun 
Definition:
 
period of banning alcoholic beverages: in the United States, the period between 1919 and 1933 during which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages was forbidden by the 18th Amendment
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