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as in to ban
to make or declare contrary to the law
a push to outlaw smoking in all public buildings
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as in to prohibit
to order not to do or use or to be done or used
fed up with the constant interruptions, the physician has outlawed all cell phone use from his office
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as in bandit
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Recent Examples of outlaw
Regina Garcia Cano The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2025
States have struggled to find solutions, some opting to allow significant hunting of wolves, while others continue to outlaw it.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
In this adventure, she is eventually rescued from her secluded tower by an outlaw named Flynn Rider.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
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Measure would outlaw vessels’ seizure amid US campaign CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's parliament on Tuesday approved a measure that would criminalize a broad range of activities that can hinder navigation and commerce in the South American country, such as the seizure of oil tankers.
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Movie follows the true story of the 1977 kidnapping that turned aspiring Indianapolis entrepreneur Tony Kiritsis into an eccentric outlaw folk hero.
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There is a reason that Rice, who first renounced then rejoined her faith, often found her books banned.—
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Our findings help explain why a growing number of companies have rules restricting or banning relationships across reporting lines.—
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The letter cited Boise City Code, which prohibits selling or advertising unlimited alcoholic drinks for a single price.—
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Therefore, all interaction and communication between contestants are prohibited.—
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There can be no doubt that in tax terms, America’s wealthiest families make out like bandits.—
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The robbery lasted less than seven minutes, as the bandits used a truck with an extendable ladder to cut through a window on a second-floor balcony, according to police.—
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Much of this music — particularly Latin trap and reggaetón, the genres Bad Bunny got his start in and continues to use in his new work — has been historically criminalized in Puerto Rico, not unlike hip-hop in the United States.—
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We are often criminalized just for existing.—
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Grok’s terms of use specifically forbid the sexualization or exploitation of children.—
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In June 2023, Scott-Miller opened her brick-and-mortar bookstore, Liberation Station, in the downtown section of Raleigh, North Carolina—an intentional selection, because Black people were once forbidden from checking out books in the area’s library.—
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The first thing to do is to reduce the damage to the United States, the inflow of guns and criminals and immigrants and drugs into the United States, the destabilizing of a key part of the Western Hemisphere.—
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Also, place freezes with ChexSystems and the National Consumer Telecom and Utilities Exchange to stop criminals from opening bank accounts, phone lines, or utility services in his name.—
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Basis for the suit to illegalize the union, lawyers explained, is the difference in race between the participants.—
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Rather than negotiating a political agreement, Madrid decided to illegalize Basque political parties allegedly linked with terrorism and to prosecute their leaders.—
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These oil fields basically are pirate operations.—
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Notorious pirate Jean Lafitte frequented neighboring Grand Terre Island in the early 1800s.—
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“Outlaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlaw. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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