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proscribe

[proh-skrahyb] / proʊˈskraɪb /


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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 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 government moved to proscribe the group under anti-terror laws after the group claimed responsibility for the June incident.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025

No. Does it proscribe, disfranchise, or expatriate the recent armed enemies of the country, or confiscate their property?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various

The Eighth Amendment proscribes “cruel and unusual punishments.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2018

“The FTC Act proscribes — and the 1st Amendment does not protect — deceptive and misleading advertisements,” U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2015

The law proscribes “any gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money ... for the purpose of influencing any election for federal office.”

From Slate ● May 14, 2012

The state now recognizes those practices as likely to produce false identifications and proscribes them in a law passed with bipartisan support this year.

From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2010

It is worthy of notice, that except the stoics, who, without aiming at elegance of language, argued closely and with vigour, Quintilian proscribes the remaining sects of philosophers.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Cornelius Tacitus

Most "arrests have been for expressing support for a proscribed organisation", the police said in a post on X.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Separately, more than 2,000 people are facing potential trial for protesting against the ban by declaring their support for a proscribed terrorism group in mass demonstrations.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

The five have also been charged with using symbols of Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, which is proscribed as a "terrorist organisation" in Germany.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Other groups like the Iran-backed Hezbollah have been proscribed.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Malcolm spoke like a man who was free, like a black man above the laws that proscribed our imagination.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

But stewarding that authority demands humility and faith in the university’s distinct role in cultivating debate—neither proscribing questions nor prescribing answers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

In another post, he retweeted a link to an article on Bari Weiss’ conservative news site, The Free Press, proscribing a “fix” for children using their phones.

From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2024

Yes, according to the UK government, which is why they are proscribing it.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2023

Because of constitutional constraints proscribing Japan from providing Ukraine lethal weapons, Sato said Kishida’s trip was “a minimum requirement” for the chair of the G-7.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

Soon he was proscribing parts of salutations and signatures and leaving the text untouched.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller


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