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From Middle English proscripcion, from Latin prōscrīptiō, from prōscrībō (originally "publish in writing"), from prō- and scrībō (“write”).

countable, uncountable A prohibition.
countable, uncountable Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity. He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]
countable, uncountable The act of proscribing, or its result.
countable, uncountable A decree or law that prohibits.