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
See, for instance, the efforts to mitigate the harms of drug use as opposed to proscribing individuals’ activities.
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Christine Emba, The Atlantic, 8 July 2024
The United States is only further isolating itself and diminishing our declining prestige in the eyes of the rest of the world with his wish to proscribe only those who are not in his favor.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 31 May 2024
In most universities, physical confrontations, the targeting of individuals with threats or harassment, and the disruption of campus activities are explicitly proscribed.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
In a revision of its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, Tokyo proscribed exports of some 23 chipmaking items, including much technology essential to the production of cutting-edge chips, including equipment for cleaning, monitoring, and lithography.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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The law prohibits the sale, manufacture, possession and purchase of assault-style weapons, assault weapon attachments and .50 caliber cartridges in the state of Illinois.—
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The order prohibits Education and OPM from disclosing personally identifiable information of the plaintiffs and members of the plaintiff organizations to DOGE affiliates.—
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The weather was bad enough that MassDOT dropped the speed limit on the pike and forbid tandem trucks from the road.—
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The order is expected to have little national impact because COVID-19 vaccine mandates have mostly been dropped at schools and colleges across the United States, and many states have passed legislation forbidding such mandates.—
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Naperville’s review of existing regulations comes in the wake of the Elgin City Council this month tentatively approving an ordinance that would ban the advertisement, display, sale or delivery of any products containing delta-8 or delta-9 THC without a state license.—
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The move follows a pilot program during the current school year where more than 100 of the state's 237 school districts banned phones.—
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That decision found that Scott, an enslaved man, wasn't a citizen despite having lived in a state where slavery was outlawed.—
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In one quest, a brothel recruited me to find a lost shipment, only to discover that said shipment contained an herb used as a contraceptive — which was outlawed in the Empire.—
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“Proscribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proscribe. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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