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pro·scribe /prō-'skrīb/ vt pro·scribed, pro·scrib·ing [Latin proscribere to publish, proscribe, from pro- before + scribere to write]: to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(denounce) verb
accuse, anathematize, banish, blame, castigate, censure, charge, condemn, criticize, curse, damn, denunciate, execrate, incriminate, ostracize, outlaw, reject
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(prohibit) verb
abrogate, ban, bar, circumscribe, disallow, embargo, enjoin, exclude, forbid, halt, oppose, outlaw, prevent, proscribere, refuse, refuse permission, repudiate, restrain, restrict, revoke, taboo
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ban, bar (hinder), block, border (bound), censor, condemn (ban), constrain (restrain), debar, eliminate (exclude), enjoin, exclude, forbid, forswear, inhibit, interdict, limit, order, outlaw, prohibit, reject, relegate, renounce, repudiate, restrain, restrict, sentence
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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v.To forbid an action; to denounce, outlaw, or condemn a person.n.proscription
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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proscribe — transitive verb (proscribed; proscribing) Etymology: Latin proscribere to publish, proscribe, from pro before + scribere to write more at scribe Date: 1560 1. to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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