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Prohibit British article (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ban

'prohibit' is the definition.
(banning is a kind of prohibiting)

'british article' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in BBC).
'article' becomes 'an' (English indefinite article).
'b'+'an'='BAN'

(Other definitions for ban that I've seen before include "Exile" , "the calling of young vassals" , "Hungarian governor < to forbid" , "Veto" , "Bar, prohibition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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