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proscribed

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verb

past tense of proscribe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for proscribed
Adjective
  • The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
  • For example, Customs and Border Protection in the United States maintains a list of prohibited and restricted items for anyone entering the US and links to other departments if permits are required.
    Erica Kasper, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Her investigation reveals forbidden rituals and buried wartime secrets connected to a sealed cave, with supernatural forces closing in around her.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 May 2025
  • Here’s the synopsis: The story of Dorrigo Evans, an army surgeon whose short but forbidden affair with his uncle's wife sustains and haunts him through his darkest days in a Thai-Burmese prisoner of war camp in WWII.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Collecting the bodies For nearly three days, corpses littered the streets of Pine village, after villagers said fighters forbade them from collecting their dead, according to three of the locals CNN spoke to.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
  • When his boss, the Archbishop of Vienna, forbade the wicked play The Marriage of Figaro to be composed as an opera, Mozart composed the comic opera anyway.
    Chip Bell, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Proscribed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proscribed. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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