page_title: Prohibition
hierarchical_section_title: Prohibition
caption_attribution_description: English: A police raid at Elk Lake, Canada, 1925 Blind pigs raided, 160 kegs destroyed, Elk Lake, Ontario Français&#160;: Une descente de police à Elk Lake, Canada, en 1925
context_page_description: Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. The word is also used to refer to a period of time during which such bans are enforced.
context_section_description: Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. The word is also used to refer to a period of time during which such bans are enforced.
caption: A police raid confiscating illegal alcohol, in Elk Lake, Canada, in 1925.
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