legislate against

legislate against something

to prohibit something; to pass a law against something. You can't just legislate against something. You have to explain to people why they shouldn't do it. The Congress has just legislated against insolvent banks.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nikomedes	-	Ancient Greek
Makhmud	-	Uzbek, Kazakh, Chechen
Kallikrates	-	Ancient Greek
Dan (2)	DAN (English), DAHN (Romanian, Czech, Swedish)	English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, German, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Evaristus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Isak	EE-sahk	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish