Prohibit by law
The crossword clue "Prohibit by law" is answered by BAN, a 3-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BAN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BAN answer page.
Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by BAN, most used first.
- Prohibit - used 331 times, most recently in 2026
- Outlaw - used 176 times, most recently in 2026
- Forbid - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Make illegal - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
- Prohibition - used 83 times, most recently in 2025
- Embargo - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Proscribe - used 33 times, most recently in 2022
- Interdict - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Disallow - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Abolish - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Interdiction - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Proscription - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Taboo - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Criminalize - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Blackball - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Declare off-limits - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Keep out - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Shut out - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Block - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Secret rival - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Forbiddance - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Make taboo - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Put a stop to - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bar - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Blacklist - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Blackout - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Secret competitor - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Officially forbid - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Prohibit officially - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Uncompromising law - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Susan of "L.A. Law" - DEY, used 147 times
- Prohibit - BAR, used 45 times
- Thing, in law - RES, used 43 times
- "Law & Order: ___" - SVU, used 42 times
- "L.A. Law" actress - DEY, used 38 times
- Latin law - LEX, used 28 times
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