Prohibit

v. t.
  1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing.
  2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.

Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with the verbal noun in -ing.