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PRONUNCIATION OF PROSCRIBED

proscribed  [prəʊˈskraɪbd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROSCRIBED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Proscribed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PROSCRIBED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

proscribed

Proscription

Proscription is the public identification and official condemnation of enemies of the state. The term originates from Ancient Rome, but has been used to describe similar phenomena in other times and places. Proscription implies the elimination en masse of political rivals or personal enemies. Proscription was involved, e.g., during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution and in the political violence in Argentina against Peronists after Perón fled into exile. Proscription is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a "decree of condemnation to death or banishment" and is a heavily politically charged word, frequently used to refer to state-approved murder or persecution.

Definition of proscribed in the English dictionary

The definition of proscribed in the dictionary is condemned or prohibited. Other definition of proscribed is banned or outlawed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROSCRIBED


chibbed
tʃɪbd
gibbed
ɡɪbd
nibbed
nɪbd
oversubscribed
ˌəʊvəsəbˈskraɪbd
prescribed
prɪˈskraɪbd
ribbed
rɪbd
rock-ribbed
ˈrɒkˌrɪbd
squibbed
skwɪbd
uncircumscribed
ʌnˈsɜːkəmˌskraɪbd
undersubscribed
ˌʌndəsəbˈskraɪbd
undescribed
ˌʌndɪˈskraɪbd
uninscribed
ˌʌnɪnˈskraɪbd
unprescribed
ˌʌnprɪˈskraɪbd
unribbed
ʌnˈrɪbd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROSCRIBED

prosaicness
prosaism
prosaist
prosateur
prosauropod
proscenia
proscenium
proscenium arch
prosciutto
proscribe
proscriber
proscript
proscription
proscriptive
proscriptively
proscriptiveness
prose
Prose Edda
prose poem
prose writer

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROSCRIBED

abed
absorbed
barbed
bed
disturbed
double bed
dubbed
embed
flatbed
go to bed
grabbed
hospital bed
hotbed
put to bed
robbed
rubbed
sofa bed
stabbed
subbed
well-described

Synonyms and antonyms of proscribed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROSCRIBED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «proscribed» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of proscribed

Translation of «proscribed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROSCRIBED

Find out the translation of proscribed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of proscribed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «proscribed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

被禁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

proscrita
570 millions of speakers

English

proscribed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निषिद्ध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المحظورة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

запрещены
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

proscrito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমাজচু্যত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

proscrits
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengharamkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geächteten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

禁止された
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

금지 된
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyalahake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bị cấm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बडबड करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yasaklamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

proscritto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zakazanych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заборонені
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

interzisă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απαγορευμένο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbied
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förbjudna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

proscribed
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of proscribed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSCRIBED»

The term «proscribed» is regularly used and occupies the 82.511 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSCRIBED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about proscribed

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROSCRIBED»

Discover the use of proscribed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to proscribed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Poetry Proscribed: Twentieth-century (re)visions of the ...
This work opens a different line of inquiry into the stakes of poetry through indepth investigations of the mishearing inherent to poetry's relation to philosophy, history, politics, and the law.
James Petterson, 2008
2
Proscribed Telugu literature and national movement in ...
Gandhian phase of national movement offered to the people a number of constructive programmes and political movements.
Penta Sivunnaidu, 2002
3
Responsibility in Law and Morality
Causes link legally proscribed conduct with legally proscribed outcomes. Here there is a legally proscribed outcome, namely the receipt of a payment as a result of mistake or fraud. But that outcome is not traceable to any legally proscribed (or  ...
Peter Cane, 2002
4
On the Nature of Prejudice
Proscribed prejudices are those that are explicitly opposed by an individual's religious group. Nonproscribed prejudices are those that are either endorsed or implicitly encouraged. Nonproscribed prejudices include, for example, negative ...
John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie Rudman, 2008
5
Criminalising Harmful Conduct: The Harm Principle, its ...
In a lot of cases the proscribed consequence overlaps with the harm or harmful consequence, and so the term has begun to be used interchangeably.556 Not only in practice, there are assertions in legal theory as well, that the 'proscribed ...
Nina Persak, 2007
6
Before Revelation: The Boundaries of Muslim Moral Thought
Chapter. 3. Acts. Are. Proscribed. (mahzur). Proscription As a Position According to the Proscribers, most acts, even useful acts, must be considered blameworthy until explicitly Permitted by Revelation. According to some, even eating, ...
A. Kevin Reinhart, 1995
7
Extracts from the Diary of a Proscribed Sicilian
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Alfio Balzani, 2010
8
General Principles of Criminal Law
In such an action-situation, the conduct phase must be viewed as a means in relation to certain ends, i.e. the proscribed harm. So, also, of the harms. As ends sought, they are intelligible only when related in a ideologically causal way to their ...
Jerome Hall, 2005
9
Law and Reflexive Politics
proscribed organisation, (b) to solicit or invite support for a proscribed organisation56 (d) to arrange or assist in the arrangement or management of, or address, any meeting of three or more persons (whether or not it is a meeting to which the ...
E.A. Christodoulidis, 2001
10
The Bill of Rights: Government Proscribed
The opening essays in this collection by Lois G. Schwoerer, Donald S. Lutz, and Kenneth R. Bowling set the Bill of Rights in context by tracing its historical lineages and establishing the political context for its adoption by the states.
Ronald Hoffman, Peter J. Albert, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROSCRIBED»

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Pak says won't ban Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's …
Baloch said an organisation proscribed under Section 11-B of the ATA 1997 was not allowed to carry out any activity, including charity work, under a different ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
2
Why police didn't arrest the guy wearing an ISIS flag in London
... flag" is not an offense as long as there is no reasonable suspicion that the person is a supporter or member of a proscribed organization. "While support of and ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
3
A worthless list
Money continues to flow into organisations 'banned' or 'proscribed' and their ... It purports to detail those organisations that have been 'proscribed' but the ... «The Express Tribune, Jun 15»
4
Banks, DFIs told: no banking services for proscribed entities: SBP
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Tuesday advised banks/DFIs/MFBs not to provide any banking services to proscribed entities and persons or their associates, ... «Business Recorder, Feb 15»
5
ISIS group to be banned in India
ISIS group to be banned in India. A notification declaring ISIS and its affiliates as proscribed organisations will be issued very soon. «The Indian Express, Feb 15»
6
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. — DawnNews screengrab
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said Wednesday that the government will ensure a ban on all proscribed organisations mentioned in the ... «DAWN.com, Feb 15»
7
Pakistan government ensures to ban all organisations proscribed by …
"There is some confusion regarding the list of banned outfits but I want to make it clear that the government will ban all proscribed organisations mentioned in the ... «Daily News & Analysis, Feb 15»
8
12 men arrested by counter-terrorism officers put on bail again
Nine of the men, aged between 22 and 47, were arrested in London on 26 September on suspicion of being a member of a proscribed organisation, supporting ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
9
'Significant number of UN-proscribed organisations linked to Pakistan'
ISLAMABAD: Less than a quarter of the total number of organisations proscribed by the United Nations are directly or indirectly linked to Pakistan, the world ... «Daily Times, Jan 15»
10
JuD remains proscribed since 2008: Pakistan Foreign Office
Yesterday the Pakistan High Commissioner said there is no ban on the groups, only an assets freeze, which contradicts news reports from Pakistan of an official ... «The Hindu, Jan 15»

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