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
Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 3 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
Advertisement The group was proscribed as a terrorist group under the 2000 Terrorism Act by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on July 5, after members of the group broke into a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire on June 20, spray painting two Voyager jets and damaging them with crowbars.
—Richard Hall, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
Because supporting terror organizations is also proscribed, protesters aligned with Palestine Action have since been targeted.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 3 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
Advertisement The group was proscribed as a terrorist group under the 2000 Terrorism Act by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on July 5, after members of the group broke into a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire on June 20, spray painting two Voyager jets and damaging them with crowbars.
—Richard Hall, Time, 9 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.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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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.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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But others reportedly continued to ignore the order, so when the deadline passed, the government banned 26 social-media platforms, including Meta’s Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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He was banned on three occasions for biting opponents during matches.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Describing the damping precisely meant accidentally allowing forbidden precision in position or momentum.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Aug. 2025
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Anthropic has introduced weekly rate limits for its Claude chatbot focused on curbing excessive—and forbidden—usage of Claude Code.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 July 2025
Verb
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Legal challenges began when, in 2007, the state medical board forbade doctors from any involvement beyond observing executions, which were only carried out by lethal injection after a move by state lawmakers to eliminate another method, lethal gas, in 1998.—
Avi Bajpai,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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The court forbade companies from classifying workers as independent contractors except in narrow circumstances.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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No court has outlawed private-sector diversity, equity, and inclusion.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 Sep. 2025
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That’s largely because, in recent centuries, waves of colonizers globally discouraged or even outlawed the teaching and learning of Indigenous languages — eradication that researchers and technologists like Boyer, as well as organizations like UNESCO, are now working to undo.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Proscribed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proscribed. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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