proscribe

t. [Lat. proscribo to write publicly: pro before, openly, and scribo to write; Fr. proscrire; Sp. proscribir.] 1. In old Roman history, to publish the name of, as doomed to death and forfeiture of property; to declare doomed to destruction and liable to be killed by anyone. "Write him in the list of my proscribed ." Ben Jonson: Cat i line, i. 2. To put out of the protection of the law; to out law, to banish, to exile. *3. To denounce or condemn as dangerous, and not worthy of reception; to reject utterly. 4. To interdict, to forbid, to prohibit, to exclude.