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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
Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
There is a unique cachet to being the outlaw.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
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Verb
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.
—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
Noun
Billy the Kid nods appear throughout Main Street, and the Billy the Kid Museum shares research, memorabilia, Western firearms, and vintage uniforms that help tell the story of both the outlaw and the town.
—Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
There is a unique cachet to being the outlaw.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlaw
Verb
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Several red states have proposed legislation modeled on California's 2023 law, which bans four food additives.—
Alan Greenblatt,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee will consider several draft proposals in its Tuesday hearing, with some aiming to ban states from setting rules for AVs at all and others looking to lax exemption requirements.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The letter cited Boise City Code, which prohibits selling or advertising unlimited alcoholic drinks for a single price.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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Therefore, all interaction and communication between contestants are prohibited.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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There can be no doubt that in tax terms, America’s wealthiest families make out like bandits.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
27 Dec. 2025
Verb
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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.—
Maria Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
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We are often criminalized just for existing.—
Nicolas Johnson-Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Jan. 2026
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Grok’s terms of use specifically forbid the sexualization or exploitation of children.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
8 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Basis for the suit to illegalize the union, lawyers explained, is the difference in race between the participants.—
sandiegouniontribune.com,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
28 Feb. 2018
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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.—
Sergi Pardos-Prado,
Washington Post,
28 Oct. 2017
Noun
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These oil fields basically are pirate operations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Notorious pirate Jean Lafitte frequented neighboring Grand Terre Island in the early 1800s.—
Kristy Christiansen,
Southern Living,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Outlaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlaw. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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