Proscribes - English meaning

verb

Officially or legally prohibit (something).

Usage examples:

Parking is banned around the harbour in summer

noun

An official or legal prohibition.

Usage examples:

A proposed ban on cigarette advertising

noun

A monetary unit of romania, equal to one hundredth of a leu.

Usage examples:

If you want milk you have to ask for it and it costs extra (often 50 bani or 5000 old lei) and is u…

noun

A long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.

Usage examples:

An iron bar

verb

Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.

Usage examples:

She bolted and barred the door

preposition

Except for.

Usage examples:

His kids were all gone now, bar one

verb

Refuse to declare valid.

Usage examples:

He was offside and the goal was disallowed

verb

To state officially that something cannot be accepted or allowed, because it has not been done in the correct way

Usage examples:

The monopolies legislation disallows mergers of major companies within one industry., disallow clai…

noun

An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.

Usage examples:

An embargo on grain sales

verb

Impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity).

Usage examples:

All of these countries have been embargoed by the us

noun

A government order to temporarily stop trading certain goods or with certain countries

Usage examples:

They put an embargo on imports of steel.

verb

Refuse to allow (something).

Usage examples:

I can see why phones were forbidden

verb

To not allow something, or to order someone not to do something

Usage examples:

You can’t forbid me to go.

noun

An authoritative prohibition.

Usage examples:

The university on friday obtained an interim interdict prohibiting students from damaging property …

verb

Prohibit or forbid (something).

Usage examples:

Society will never interdict sex

noun

An official instruction from a law court telling someone that they are not allowed to do something

noun

A person who has broken the law, especially one who remains at large or is a fugitive.

Usage examples:

Bands of outlaws held up trains

verb

Ban or make illegal.

Usage examples:

Secondary picketing has been outlawed

noun

A criminal, esp. one who is trying to avoid being caught

Usage examples:

Several states have outlawed the use of cell phones while driving.

verb

Formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority.

Usage examples:

All ivory trafficking between nations is prohibited

verb

To officially forbid something

Usage examples:

The law prohibits smoking in restaurants., loud music prohibited serious conversation.

verb

To officially stop something from being done by making rules or laws that do not allow it

Usage examples:

The government introduced a law prohibiting tobacco advertisements on tv., prohibit sb from doing s…

phrasal verb

Exclude someone or something as a possibility.

Usage examples:

Further testing had ruled out any infection

phrasal verb

To stop considering something as a possibility

Usage examples:

It’s unlikely that he’ll run for president, but you can never rule anything out.

phrasal verb

To decide or state that something is impossible or will not happen, or that something or someone is not suitable

Usage examples:

The management seems to have ruled him out as a candidate for promotion., the ceo said she could no…

noun

A social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing.

Usage examples:

Many taboos have developed around physical exposure

adjective

Prohibited or restricted by social custom.

Usage examples:

Sex was a taboo subject

verb

Place under a taboo.

Usage examples:

Traditional societies taboo female handling of food during this period

noun

A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a lawmaking body.

Usage examples:

Neither state was given a veto over amendments to the act

verb

Exercise a veto against (a decision or proposal).

Usage examples:

The president vetoed the bill

noun

The power to refuse to allow something to be done, or such a refusal

Usage examples:

[ c ] the president has promised a veto if congress passes that bill., [ u ] the mayor will have no…