proscription

• We come in upon the fag-end of the proscription, and see, not the bloody wreath of Sulla as he triumphed on his Marian foes, not the cruel persecution of the ruler determined to establish his order of things by slaughtering every foe, but the necessary accompaniments of such ruthless deeds—those attendant villanies for which the Jupiter Optimus Maximus of the day had neither ears nor eyes. —  Life of Cicero
• Check and see if there's anything in there that says I can't grab a moon rock or two for myself, will you Just a second ... no. The only proscription is against profiting directly from anything you retrieve In other words, I can bring it back, but I can't sell it on eBay Correct. —  AnalogSFF,July-August2007
• Caesar had called Catiline to account for his doings at the time of the proscription, and knew his nature too well to expect benefit to the people from a revolution conducted under the auspices of bankrupt patrician adventurers. —  Caesar: A Sketch
• Despite broad proscription, an exception always exists. —  Operation Rescue
• Do you really think that you have the magic bullet proscription, the all knowing wisdom of what is good and bad for our nation on any number of issues, don't you think and folks that hold such dire belief think that your own views if they were cemented into policy would also be a little fascist? —  The American Spectator

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