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Prohibition-noun- the action of forbidding something, especially by law. -the prevention by law of manufacturing and selling of alchohol in the US between 1920 and 1933. In the 18th amendment, it was made illegal. Even though the sale of alcohol drinks were illegal, alcoholic drinks were still widely available at speakeasies and other underground drinking establishments. Many people kept private bars and legal and illegal home brewing was popular during this time.