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
The government moved to proscribe the group under anti-terror laws after the group claimed responsibility for the June incident.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025
The home secretary has the power under UK law to proscribe an organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000 if they believe it is "concerned with terrorism".
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
Now in order to utilize the sea for one's own purposes and at the same time to deny, proscribe, refuse and restrict it to one's enemy it is essential to obtain command.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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