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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 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

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

King and Parliament might question their rights, block up their port, ruin their trade, proscribe their leaders, and they could bear all without offering open resistance.

From The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn by Johnston, Henry P.




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