To forbid or prohibit, especially by law or official decree. The government decided to proscribe the use of certain chemicals in food production.
To denounce or condemn as dangerous or harmful. The organization proscribed the practice as unethical and harmful to the community.
Historically, to outlaw or banish; to publish the name of (a person) as one condemned to death or exile. During the dictator's reign, many dissidents were proscribed and forced to flee the country.