Definition: banned

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

banned
     adj : forbidden by law [syn: prohibited]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Ban \Ban\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banned (?); 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.