verboten UK /ˌvəˈbəʊtn̩/US /ˌfəɹˈboʊt(ə)n/ adjective1 •(humorous) (Strictly) forbidden or prohibited.Before that, students and professors could date whomever we wanted; the next day we were off-limits to one another—verboten, traife, dangerous (and perhaps, therefore, all the more alluring). — 2015