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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

He said the government would bring forward legislation "as quickly as possible" to proscribe the IRGC.

From BBC Apr. 23, 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

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

The California law also proscribes quotas that interfere with employees’ ability to take state-mandated breaks or use the bathroom, or that prevent employers from following state health and safety laws.

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2024

When arguments concludeed, it seemed inevitable that the court would agree with the EEOC, reject the DOJ’s wackadoodle theories, and find that Title VII already proscribes anti-gay employment discrimination.

From Slate Sep. 26, 2017

“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 Constitution proscribes government discrimination on the basis of race, and state-provided education is no exception.”

From Washington Post

Sometimes he seems to admit it, sometimes proscribes it as uncertain.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Adam Storey Farrar

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

In July 2025 it was proscribed as a terrorist group.

From BBC May 28, 2026

X's second commitment is to withhold UK access to accounts reported for posting UK illegal terrorist content, if it determines they are operated by, or on behalf of, a terrorist organisation proscribed in the UK.

From BBC May 15, 2026

A spokesperson for Suffolk Police said those arrested had been held on "suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation".

From BBC Apr. 5, 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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