proscribe
/proʊˈskrɑɪb/ v [T]Definition
› to forbid an action or practice officially: The sale of materials that could be used in making nuclear weapons is proscribed by US law.
(Definition of proscribe v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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