proscribe

verb

prō-ˈskrīb How to pronounce proscribe (audio)
Definition of proscribenext
as in to prohibit
to order not to do or use or to be done or used regulations proscribe the use of electronic devices on board a plane while it is landing

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Recent Examples of proscribe Last Friday, the High Court ruled that the government’s decision to proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation had been unlawful. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 21 Feb. 2026 Free speech was tremendously proscribed. — Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026 The British government has proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist group. — Reuters, CNN Money, 24 Dec. 2025 Libraries are getting rid of Russian books; books printed in Russia have been proscribed (as a bookstore manager in downtown Odesa explained to me in the fall of 2019, more than two years before the Russian invasion); Gogol is taught in Ukrainian translation. — John Connelly, The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for proscribe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proscribe
  1. prohibit
  2. forbid
  3. ban
  4. outlaw
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  • South Korea has prohibited its nationals from traveling to Haiti since May 2024 because of the worsening security situation.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The dangerous weather conditions — which included 20-knot winds and waves more than eight feet high — prohibited first responders from recovering five bodies that were also found on the vessel, officials said.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of prohibit
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  • Francis Lufkin, whose job was to climb into trees and retrieve parachutes, had been forbidden to jump out of planes by his wife.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The uptick rule forbade a short seller from knocking a stock down by endlessly selling it no matter what.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of forbid
Verb
  • And earlier this year, the nation’s second largest school district, Los Angeles Unified, banned in-school screen use for students in preschool through first grade and curbed screen time for older students.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Walruses were once hunted in vast numbers, for their blubber, hides and ivory, driving them close to extinction in Svalbard’s waters, before hunting was banned in 1952.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of ban
Verb
  • Increasingly, schools are outlawing mobile phones — as Maryland did in May of this year — and digital detox retreats are rising in popularity.
    — Thu T. Nguyen, Baltimore Sun, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Those of us with a platform need to use our voices before speaking out is outlawed altogether.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of outlaw

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“Proscribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proscribe. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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