proscribe
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A final deal should proscribe all tolls, mines and forced routes, restoring unrestricted free passage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
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
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced plans to proscribe the group last month, calling damage to two military aircraft "disgraceful" and claiming the group had a "long history of unacceptable criminal damage".
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2025
Under the Terrorism Act 2000, the Home Secretary may proscribe an organisation if they believe it is concerned in terrorism.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023
A Southerner employs the term "discussion," as equivalent to agitation; for the South does not proscribe the discussion of any subject, by proper persons, at proper places, and on proper occasions.
From Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters by Fitzhugh, George
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