as in to outlaw
to make or declare contrary to the law a bill that would illegalize the private use of fireworks

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Recent Examples of illegalize Basis for the suit to illegalize the union, lawyers explained, is the difference in race between the participants. sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Feb. 2018 Rather than negotiating a political agreement, Madrid decided to illegalize Basque political parties allegedly linked with terrorism and to prosecute their leaders. Sergi Pardos-Prado, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2017 The Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, a bill focused on illegalizing any conversion therapy that charges money, was filed in the U.S. Senate in April. Joseph Frankel, The Atlantic, 10 July 2017
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  • The organization was outlawed in 2021 due to alleged extremist views, which led to a 19-year sentence for its leader, who died in an Arctic penal colony last year.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
  • While the feds rule the sky, the city can regulate where helicopters are permitted to land — a move made by city officials who outlawed rooftop landings following the 1977 Pan Am crash.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
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  • Several food dyes found in candies, soft drinks and snack foods will be banned.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Red 3 was banned from cosmetics more than three decades before it was stripped from food and medicine.
    Matthew Perrone, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Illegalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illegalize. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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