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What does proscribe mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word proscribe? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
  2. (transitive) To denounce.
  3. (transitive) To banish or exclude.
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The next step was to proscribe my use of the personal pronoun in the same way.
At that time, it was accepted that the ruling authority would proclaim a State religion and proscribe all others.
To delineate masculinity it was constantly necessary to define and proscribe unmanly behavior.
The government can freeze assets or proscribe groups if a UN Security Council freezing order has been issued.
Current rules proscribe relationships between soldiers of different rank, or soldiers and officers.
Using this definition, the attorney-general could proscribe any group that organises a demonstration or strike in which a person was injured or felt endangered.

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