as in prohibited
that may not be permitted
the organization lost its nonprofit status after it was determined to have engaged in several proscribed fund-raising activities
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as in banned
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 proscribed
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
Free speech was tremendously proscribed.
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Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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.
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John Connelly,
The New York Review of Books,
18 Dec. 2025
Turkey’s government has vocally supported Hamas, but in Egypt, the group is strictly proscribed.
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Nbc News,
NBC news,
12 Oct. 2025
The group, which aims to disrupt the operations of weapons manufacturers supplying the Israeli government, was proscribed after two of its activists broke into Britain’s largest air base and damaged two military aircraft.
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Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
In the United Kingdom, the activist group Palestine Action has been proscribed as a terrorist organization due to a handful of members’ actions, and hundreds of peaceful protesters have since been arrested for showing their support of the group.
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Shaad D’souza,
Pitchfork,
18 Sep. 2025
Mourning, which would last at least two years for a widow, proscribed any jewelry except pearls and black onyx, with the only gold permitted being the wedding ring.
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Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
18 Aug. 2025
On Sunday, British police arrested more than 500 people for demonstrating in support of a pro-Palestine group proscribed because of its acts of violence against British military installations.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
The High Court determined that former Home Secretary Yvette Cooper (who now serves as Foreign Secretary) had not properly followed her own policies when deciding what constitutes an organization being proscribed under the Terrorism Act.
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Callum Sutherland,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
Free speech was tremendously proscribed.
—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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
Turkey’s government has vocally supported Hamas, but in Egypt, the group is strictly proscribed.
—
Nbc News,
NBC news,
12 Oct. 2025
The group, which aims to disrupt the operations of weapons manufacturers supplying the Israeli government, was proscribed after two of its activists broke into Britain’s largest air base and damaged two military aircraft.
—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
In the United Kingdom, the activist group Palestine Action has been proscribed as a terrorist organization due to a handful of members’ actions, and hundreds of peaceful protesters have since been arrested for showing their support of the group.
—
Shaad D’souza,
Pitchfork,
18 Sep. 2025
Mourning, which would last at least two years for a widow, proscribed any jewelry except pearls and black onyx, with the only gold permitted being the wedding ring.
—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
18 Aug. 2025
On Sunday, British police arrested more than 500 people for demonstrating in support of a pro-Palestine group proscribed because of its acts of violence against British military installations.
—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proscribed
Adjective
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There is, however, room for questions about where the line between prohibited and acceptable political involvement will fall in practice.
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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.
Verb
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When you're banned from a show — and if you guys know me, I'm banned from most of them.
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Florida cities ramped up their enforcement after Tallahassee banned public camping statewide in 2024, telling local governments to get people off their streets or risk lawsuits.
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More recently, mathematicians have been able to adapt Erdős’ method to get better estimates of Ramsey numbers where the forbidden cliques differ vastly in size.
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And thank God for that, because forbidden love is my favorite type of drama to watch on Love Island.
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Almost 50 years ago, the Islamic Republic first took the comfort of religion away and then forbade music and, in the process, isolated me even further.
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At its best, the film rebuffs standard-issue 1950s heteronormativity, validating queerness at a moment when the Motion Picture Production Code forbade explicit reference to it.
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Reaching that destination took a lot of sacrifice and organizing over the many decades since slavery was originally outlawed in this country.
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Within a few years of Euromaidan, the Ukrainian government had outlawed Soviet symbols, including monuments to Lenin.
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“Proscribed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proscribed. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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