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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 government already has powers to proscribe organisations under the Terrorism Act 2000.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 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

One of the group's members, Saeed Taji Farouky, told the BBC on Saturday that government plans to proscribe the group were "absurd".

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025

Great apprehensions were entertained by his enemies lest, notwithstanding his former clemency, he should imitate Marius and Sulla, and proscribe all his opponents.

From A Smaller History of Rome by Sir William Smith

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

The Fifth Amendment proscribes the government from depriving any person “of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”

From Slate ● Mar. 15, 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 challenged provision, however, proscribes persuasion in a public place, speech that unwilling listeners can walk away from.

From Washington Post

The Gentoos have a law which positively proscribes in magistrates any idea of will,—a law with which, or rather with extracts of it, that gentleman himself has furnished us.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

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

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

Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja has been arrested on suspicion of showing support for the proscribed organisation Palestine Action.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

Technological advance required the freest possible pursuit of knowledge, so Holland became the leading publisher and bookseller in Europe, translating works written in other languages and permitting the publication of works proscribed elsewhere.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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