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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

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 article of the charter conferred on the monarch the right of life and death over his subjects; and consequently he had no authority to proscribe those who accompanied and assisted Napoleon.

From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I by Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron Fleury de Chaboulon

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

A Foreign Ministry spokesman said that “Chinese law proscribes any form of hacking activity.”

From New York Times Feb. 1, 2010

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

From Washington Post

He answers Simon's question, lances and probes the most secret wound of his conscience, declares how divine gifts are given, proscribes the plague of simony, orders penance, and inflicts excommunication on a scandalous public offender.

From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Thomas W. Allies

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 break-in happened before Palestine Action was proscribed by the government on 5 July 2025.

From BBC May 5, 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

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

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

But the Home Office and the Foreign Office are said to be at odds over proscribing the IRGC.

From BBC Mar. 31, 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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