In particular, it is a matter of avoiding the use of certain proscribed words.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carol Thatcher, praying nurses and the abolition of private life] Reference

The pious or personal animosity of Calvin proscribed in Servetus 35 the guilt of his own rebellion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference

There are French writers outside of France: they are proscribed, that is to say they are free.    From Wordnik.com.  [Napoleon the Little] Reference

Opposed to this pleasurable expectancy of the proscribed was the uneasiness and doubt of the respectable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trail's End] Reference

Next were recalled the proscribed conventionalists; already, some time since, their outlawry had been reversed.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814] Reference

He had gone such lengths in opposition to the government, that he had been by name proscribed in several proclamations.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2] Reference

Not "proscribed" agendas formulated by politicians at all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama's Back To School Fireside Chat: FDR Reincarnate?] Reference

By "proscribed" they mean not allowed in the collection in the first place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Second verse, same as the first] Reference

As I pointed out in my intitial comment, you a) erred in your usage of the word proscribed and b) you made an assertion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Virginia attorney general instructs state colleges to stop protecting gay students from discrimination.] Reference

It was decided by the board that this error should be "proscribed" in the new military system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of Gen. William T. Sherman — Complete] Reference

"You have taken upon yourself," he added, "to recall proscribed Cossacks, true bandits, whom you have sent to make war upon Siberia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10] Reference

By "proscribed" they mean not allowed in the collection in the first place. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Second verse, same as the first] Reference

Sects are religiously and socially proscribed by sects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference

The doctor had proscribed them all, but "Once won't hurt.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference

The indulgence of the polity was proscribed by the manners.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World] Reference

If the Encyclopedia is proscribed at Paris, it was reprinted at St.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference

(LPRP), KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president; other parties proscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference

The English in general and their own seigneurs were entirely proscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference

Wouldn't they just be carrying out the punishment proscribed in Leviticus?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Olmsted: O'Donnell and Gays: What Kind of Hypocrite Is She?] Reference

It is remarkable that the Anglo-Saxon laws had proscribed this as idolatrous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference

The boundaries of the community are being proscribed and protected by the code.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Good Book and Gay Marriage] Reference

Laos noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Laos: noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference

It can be proscribed for entrepreneurial activities, or it can be structured around future income.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entrepreneurs As The New Asset Class] Reference

But as counselors, we are bound by a code of ethics, and there are various things that are proscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: What Would Plato Have Done?] Reference

  They have to go to where these proscribed banned organizations are operating under different names.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pakistani Officials Caution Against Large Outdoor Religious Ceremonies] Reference

Any teachers in the proscribed grades who taught 60 or more students between 2002-03 and 2008-09 were included.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alan Gottlieb: Shine a Light] Reference

We remind them how to behave in a classroom setting (texting, cell phone calls, and similar disruptions are proscribed).    From Wordnik.com.  [William Astore: Asking Too Much of Our Troops -- And Not Enough of College Students] Reference

It's not a stale memory proscribed by the four corners of a yellowed, fragile newspaper or now quaint black-and-white photos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Singer: Mistake: Why Goldman Sachs Channels Richard Nixon and Watergate] Reference

Penalties are assessed for teams that strayed from the proscribed speeds or used more than 100-MPGe energy equivalent of electricity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Automotive X Prize: Some teams fail to finish the final race] Reference

Defendants often complain that they had no idea that the acts they are accused of engaging in constituted proscribed or prohibited conduct.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Singer: Yo, Congress, Keep on Truckin' -- Can You Dig It?] Reference