proscribe
verb (formal)- proscribe something
to say officially that something is banned 宣布禁止 proscribed organizations 被查禁的组织 Membership of any proscribed organization is a serious matter. 加入任何被禁组织都是一件严肃的事情。 Officials promptly proscribed the procedure. 官员们立即禁止了这一程序。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘to outlaw’): from Latin proscribere, from pro- ‘in front of’ + scribere ‘write’.