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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 expected move to proscribe the group has drawn criticism from a number of human rights groups and activists.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2025

Under the Terrorism Act 2000, the Home Secretary may proscribe an organisation if they believe it is concerned in terrorism.

From BBC Oct. 13, 2023

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

County’s requirements will go beyond what the state proscribes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2021

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 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

The challenged provision, however, proscribes persuasion in a public place, speech that unwilling listeners can walk away from.

From Washington Post

As a single instance, he proscribes monosyllabic lines; and in no English poem of any pretensions are there so many lines of that class as in this.

From Biographical Essays by Thomas De Quincey

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

At 16:50 BST, the Metropolitan Police said it made 212 arrests, and these were continuing "where people are showing support for a proscribed organisation."

From BBC Apr. 11, 2026

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

From BBC Apr. 5, 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




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