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

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

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper called the incident "disgraceful" when announcing her decision to proscribe the group.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 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

But the expedients employed to delay this term of felicity, are sometimes such as the laws of a civilized society ought really to proscribe.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various