forbidden

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Note that tipping TSA agents isn’t allowed because federal workers are forbidden from accepting gratuities for performing official duties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The platform will also be forbidden from restricting such third-party ticket sales in any way, whether by leveling extra fees or by adding any glitches to competitor transactions.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

Reporters are forbidden by Hezbollah from freely accessing the group's stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs, although the organisation does organise press trips.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Except in very restricted circumstances, slurry spreading is forbidden in Northern Ireland from 15 October to the following 31 January.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Sam wanted to go up on the wall, but his parents had forbidden it.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques