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 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 expected move to proscribe the group has drawn criticism from a number of human rights groups and activists.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 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

From a very early time, and continually from the seventh to the seventeenth century, the Church strove to proscribe the great people’s feasts of the Ass, of Innocents, of Children, and of Fools.

From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules