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proscribed
/pɹoʊˈskɹaɪbd/
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What does proscribed mean?
verb
- simple past and past participle of proscribe
adjective
- Forbidden or prohibited.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɹoʊˈskɹaɪbd/
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Syndicalism represents rather a return to certain forms of collective organisation similar to the guilds or corporations proscribed by the Revolution.
Lycurgus proscribed property among the citizens, and founded the means of subsistence on the worst form of property,--on property obtained by force.
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It was not the first time that France had proscribed Paoli.
Publius Silicius was seen to burst out into tears, which was the cause that not long after he was put down in the list of those that were proscribed.
It is enough that one of the first and most obvious measures by which to keep their promise to the king, was to dispossess the proscribed subjects of their worldly goods and chattels.