All proscribe synonyms
proΒ·scribe
P p verb proscribe
- call down β to request or invoke
- manacled β a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- forfend β to defend, secure, or protect.
- boxed in β simple past tense and past participle of box in.
- forbid β to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
- lock up β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- hogtie β to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- be-little β to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- blacklist β If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.
- ban β To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
- doom β fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- expatriate β A person who lives outside their native country.
- corking β excellent
- denunciate β to condemn; denounce
- denounce β If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- dooming β fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- crack down β If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
- boycott β If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove of it.
- banish β If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.
- cry down β to belittle; disparage
- choke back β If you choke back tears or a strong emotion, you force yourself not to show your emotion.
- exclude β Deny (someone) access to or bar (someone) from a place, group, or privilege.
- outlaw β a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- denunciated β Simple past tense and past participle of denunciate.
- nixing β nothing.
- close down β to cease or cause to cease operations
- charge with β to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- expel β Deprive (someone) of membership of or involvement in a school or other organization.
- illegalize β to make illegal: They even wanted to illegalize smoking.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- damn β Damn, damn it, and dammit are used by some people to express anger or impatience.
- expulse β To expel.
- denunciating β present participle of denunciate.
- exile β The state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.
- manacling β Present participle of manacle.
- criminalise β (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of criminalize.
- enjoin β Instruct or urge (someone) to do something.
- drat β to damn; confound: Drat your interference.
- close up β If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
- criminalize β If a government criminalizes an action or person, it officially declares that the action or the person's behaviour is illegal.
- drats β to damn; confound: Drat your interference.
- drum out β a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- cast out β To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
- lock out β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- interdict β Civil Law. any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.
- corked β (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
- dratted β damned; confounded (used as a mild oath): This dratted car won't start.
- hem in β to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
- leave out β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- dratting β to damn; confound: Drat your interference.