proscribe
/proʊˈskraɪb/
verb
- To forbid or outlaw something, especially by law or official rule.
- The school board voted to proscribe the use of cell phones during class.
- Many countries proscribe the sale of certain drugs without a prescription.
- The new regulations proscribe smoking in all public buildings.
- To denounce or condemn something as dangerous or unacceptable.
- The organization proscribed violence as a means of protest.
- Religious leaders proscribed the practice as harmful to the community.
- The committee proscribed any form of discrimination in the workplace.