proscribe

Example Sentences

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The judge said the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action “certainly does not proscribe any particular classroom speech, or relate at all to curricular choices.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

The High Court has been reviewing the home secretary's decision to proscribe the group and a judgment is expected in the New Year.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

The move to proscribe the organisation came after two Voyager aircraft were sprayed with paint by activists who broke into RAF Brize Norton in June - an incident for which the group claimed responsibility.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

The government said an order will be introduced in Parliament to proscribe the group under the Terrorism Act.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2023

Of three immense classes, they proscribe two and provide for one; and that one perhaps a minority of the whole.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady