proscribes
- present tense form of proscribe (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The California law also proscribes quotas that interfere with employees’ ability to take state-mandated breaks or use the bathroom, or that prevent employers from following state health and safety laws.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
When arguments concludeed, it seemed inevitable that the court would agree with the EEOC, reject the DOJ’s wackadoodle theories, and find that Title VII already proscribes anti-gay employment discrimination.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2017
“The FTC Act proscribes — and the 1st Amendment does not protect — deceptive and misleading advertisements,” U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2015
“The Constitution proscribes government discrimination on the basis of race, and state-provided education is no exception.”
From Washington Post
The Gentoos have a law which positively proscribes in magistrates any idea of will,—a law with which, or rather with extracts of it, that gentleman himself has furnished us.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
