Since I’ve used this word before, I thought its time had come to be included here.  There’s something about this word I like.  It has a certain je ne sais quoi that makes it powerful in some way, less reticent than its synonyms even.  Then again, maybe I’m just a freak.

proscribe (pro·scribe): / proh SKRAHYB /
transitive verb

(1) to condemn or denounce something because it is undesirable or harmful
(2) to outlaw; to prohibit, ban, or forbid; to be made unlawful by those in authority
(3) to exile or banish somebody
(4) to outlaw somebody; to announce publicly the name of someone no longer protected by the law, especially when condemned to death, and whose property is subject to confiscation by the state (archaic; from ancient Rome)

[From late Middle English via Latin proscribere meaning “to publish in writing, to confiscate, to outlaw or publicly announce as outlawed,” from Latin pro- (“before, in front of”) + scribere (“to write”).]

Usage: [via] I proscribe sophistry and do not abide its use or encouragement regardless of justification.