proscribe

Verb

proscribe (third-person singular simple present proscribes, present participle proscribing, simple past and past participle proscribed)

1. (transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
   • The law proscribes driving a car while intoxicated.
2. (transitive) To denounce.
   • The word ‘ain't’ is proscribed by many authorities.
   • If Joseph Willet, the denounced and proscribed of 'prentices, had happened to be at home when his father's courtly guest presented himself before the Maypole door— [...] he would have contrived, by hook or crook, to dive to the very bottom of Mr. Chester's mystery, and to come at his purpose with...1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 13.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 1

   Antonyms:

   recommend

3. (transitive) To banish or exclude.
   • Many Roman citizens were proscribed for taking part in rebellions.