Vocabulary
Proscription
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the action of forbidding something; banning.
Urdu meaning
ممنوع، حرام، ممنوعہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Following the forcible eviction of the PTI`s latest protest from the federal capital, some entities have once again taken to describing the party as a `terrorist outfit` and are seeking its proscription.
- But beyond issuing notifications and using historical and religious terms to delegitimise terrorist groups, a deeper probe is needed to ascertain why the state`s proscription regime has failed to produce the desired results.
- After the first round of proscription in 2002, many of the groups took on new names and continued with business as usual.
- After the 2002 proscription, this paper had written that the ban `should have a salutary effect on the law and order situation ...
Synonyms
prohibition, prohibiting, forbidding, banning, ban, barring, bar, disallowing, ruling out
Curator example
“the proscription of the party after the 1715 Rebellion”
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