proscribeverb [ T ]
uk/prəʊˈskraɪb/us/proʊˈskraɪb/formal(of a government or other authority) to not allow something:
Torture and summary execution of political prisoners are proscribed by international law.
The Athletics Federation has banned the runner from future races for using proscribed drugs.
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Forbidding and banning things
- abolish
- abolitionist
- ban
- bar
- blacklist
- clean
- clean (sth) up
- curfew
- debar
- deny
- disallow
- disqualify
- nix
- off-limits
- out of bounds idiom
- outlaw
- prohibit
- prohibition
- unauthorized
- veto
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proscription
noun [ U ] uk/prəʊˈskrɪp.ʃən/us/proʊˈskrɪp.ʃən/