Tom Hardy
James Keziah Delaney
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- 1. Episode 1 Jan 7, 2017
- James Delaney returns to 1814 London to claim a mysterious legacy left to him by his father.
- 2. Episode 2 Jan 14, 2017
- While James Delaney assembles his league of the damned, an unexpected arrival threatens his plans.
- 3. Episode 3 Jan 21, 2017
- In order to safeguard himself, James takes radical action.
A taboo, also spelled tabu, is a social group's ban, prohibition, or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, offensive, sacred, or allowed only for certain people.
The meaning of TABOO is banned on grounds of morality or taste. How to use taboo in a sentence.
Taboo describes an activity or behavior that is considered completely unacceptable or forbidden. A taboo is also the prohibition from engaging in such an activity or behavior through social rules, laws, religious doctrine, and even by your own conscience.
a subject, word, or action that is avoided for religious or social reasons: In this society there is a taboo on/against any sort of public display of affection. He would not hesitate to break any taboo. Fewer examples. Betty Ford bravely broke the taboo and spoke out about her breast cancer.
With Tom Hardy, David Hayman, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin. Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London during the War of 1812 to rebuild his late father's shipping empire. However, both the government and his biggest competitor want his inheritance at any cost--even murder.
taboo. noun. /təˈbu/ ,/tæˈbu/. (pl. taboos) taboo (against/on something) a cultural or religious custom that does not allow people to do, use, or talk about a particular thing as people find it offensive or embarrassing an incest taboo a taboo against working on Sunday to break/violate a taboo Death is one of the great taboos in our culture.
Taboo, the prohibition of an action based on the belief that such behaviour is either too sacred and consecrated or too dangerous and accursed for ordinary individuals to undertake. The term taboo is of Polynesian origin and was first noted by Captain James Cook during his visit to Tonga in 1771;
