Except and Prohibit

Except

Except verb - To prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of.
Usage example: we'll have to except members who haven't paid their club dues from voting in the election

Prohibit and except are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prohibit" instead a verb "Except".

Prohibit

Prohibit verb - To order not to do or use or to be done or used.

Except and prohibit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Except" instead a verb "Prohibit".

Common collocations

user except user prohibit user
anyone except anyone prohibit anyone

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Mafia II Even Evil Has Standards: Averted with most of the families except the Vinci family, who explicitly prohibit drug dealing.
  • Standard Sci-Fi Army The moral and political considerations have to be made, and treaties often prohibit the use of such weapons except in certain cases.
  • Open Secret Everybody except their confessors is quite aware of the true nature of Tiphaine and Delia's, and Delia and Rigobert's, relationships, but the attitudes of the kingdom prohibit any public acknowledgement.
    Source: Open Secret
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