proscription

noun

prō-ˈskrip-shən How to pronounce proscription (audio)
Definition of proscriptionnext
1
as in prohibition
the act of ordering that something not be done or used the proscription against bicycles and skateboards is intended to make the plaza a more pedestrian-friendly place

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2
as in ban
an order that something not be done or used a strongly worded proscription against smoking indoors

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Recent Examples of proscription The case comes amid Britain’s controversial terror ban on Palestine Action, mass arrests of supporters, a pending court challenge to the proscription and warnings from Amnesty of a dangerous crackdown on protest. — Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026 In a statement to TIME, British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood welcomed the judgment upholding the proscription of the group. — Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 June 2026 Elsewhere on the trophy, there are the original rules to soccer, from 1863, which include a proscription on players having nails, iron plates, or gutta-percha—a Malaysian rubberlike material, now used in root canals—protruding from their boots. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 British authorities have had their eyes on the group since 2020, but its June 2025 action – when activists broke into Britain’s largest airbase, RAF Brize Norton, vandalizing two Airbus Voyager refueling planes – led to its proscription. — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for proscription
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  1. prohibition
  2. ban
  3. banning
Noun
  • The company could not secure an exception to the state’s prohibition of the storage of high-level radioactive waste from out of state.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The prohibition against living people appearing on currency dates to 1866, when Congress took action after a Treasury official, Spencer Clark, printed his face on banknotes.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Definition of prohibition
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  • The ruling essentially upholds similar bans enacted in 25 other states.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Congress codified the ban into law in 2020, and said the F-35s could be transferred if Turkey no longer possessed the S-400s.
    — Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Definition of ban
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  • The talk was organized by local synagogues and the Chattanooga Jewish Federation in response to the banning of the novel by a nearby Tennessee school district a month prior.
    — SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026
  • The reforms led to the creation of the forward pass and the banning of dangerous formations.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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