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.
The meaning of TABOO is banned on grounds of morality or taste. How to use taboo in a sentence.
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.
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.
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.
If a subject or activity is taboo, it is a social custom to avoid doing that activity or talking about that subject, because people find it embarrassing or offensive. For some people, cancer is a taboo subject and they are too frightened or embarrassed to talk openly about it.
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.
something that you should not say or do because people generally think it is morally wrong, unpleasant, or embarrassing: Sex is a taboo in this country.
