import vs proscription

import

noun
  • Significance, importance. 

  • The practice of importing. 

  • Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade. 

  • A foreigner playing in a sports league. 

verb
  • To be incumbent on (someone to do something). 

  • To mean, signify. 

  • To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence. 

  • To load a file into a software application from another version or system. 

  • To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade. 

  • To be important or crucial to (that something happen). 

  • To be of importance to (someone or something). 

proscription

noun
  • Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity. 

  • A prohibition. 

  • A decree or law that prohibits. 

  • The act of proscribing, or its result. 

How often have the words import and proscription occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )