verboten (vuhr-BOHT-n) noun

   Not allowed; forbidden.

[From German, past participle of verbieten, to forbid.]

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   "After his third surgery on the wrong side of the brain, Dr. Cerebrum was
   declared verboten anywhere near the operating room, and his practice was
   limited to treating toe-nail fungus."

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