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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
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Each episode of the series will feature a legendary outlaw, including John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson and Ma Barker.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
In recent decades, capital punishment has been abandoned or outlawed in most modern nations, the exceptions being countries like Cuba, China, North Korean, Iran — and the United States of America.
—Thomas Wenski, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025
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Verb
The gravy is everything else: adorable Baby Groot dancing in the middle of a space battle, Dave Bautista’s Drax being the buff, oddball voice of reason, and Michael Rooker’s space outlaw Yondu stealing the show.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Each episode of the series will feature a legendary outlaw, including John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson and Ma Barker.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
Noun
Historians have recorded that this recent push for private school vouchers originated after the 1954 ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which outlawed segregation in schools, to give white families another option for their kids, Green said and multiple studies show.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
In recent decades, capital punishment has been abandoned or outlawed in most modern nations, the exceptions being countries like Cuba, China, North Korean, Iran — and the United States of America.
—Thomas Wenski, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025
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Verb
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In 1966, the group banned white members altogether, which undermined its stability, collaborative potential, and impact in the following years.—
Time,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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Since then, a handful of other Republican governors have raced to join in, banning certain food colorings from kids' lunches -- sometimes prohibiting other chemical additives, too.—
Cheyenne Haslett,
ABC News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Continued construction will still prohibit two-way travel along Michigan street between Highland and College avenues.—
Matthew Cupelli,
IndyStar,
9 Aug. 2025
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Five summers ago, we were told to wear masks, compelled to take vaccines, prohibited from looking at certain statues (which were helpfully torn down), and scolded for enjoying any movie or TV show that presented law enforcement officers empathetically or humanely.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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An anonymous tipster called police to say the bandits were trying to sell their loot less than a mile away, and gave the cops Hussein’s Instagram handle, according to court filings.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
12 Aug. 2025
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Industrialists like Rockefeller and Carnegie weren’t worried about horseback bandits; their focus was on land rights, freight monopolies and who controlled the rails.—
Jodi Daniels,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The solution, then, was simple: criminalize the activity, and prevent these private American entities from single-handedly detonating American foreign policy.—
CASEY MICHEL,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Aug. 2025
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During the course of the lengthy debate, several conservative House members essentially accused Phelan of attempting to criminalize satire because the bill would make the failure to disclose such images as being doctored a Class A misdemeanor, which can carry jail time of up to a year.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The pich was seen as an anthropomorphic mother figure, so revered that it was forbidden to swear in her presence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
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Now, a new state law has opened the multi-billion dollar artificial grass industry to what could be a big expansion, with lawmakers moving to forbid cities from banning fake grass in front yards.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Saturday Night Live alum, 31, and Beverly Hills Cop actor, 64, star in the action-comedy The Pickup as Travis and Russell, two security guards whose vehicle is hijacked by Zoe (Keke Palmer), a criminal on a mission to avenge her dad by robbing a casino.—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Neighborhoods where residents get out and meet each other and know their law enforcement are safer and discourage criminals — that’s the thinking behind the National Night Out campaign.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2025
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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
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Learn all about the many groups, from Native Americans to Spanish pirates to English settlers to wealthy cotton planters to enslaved people, who have lived on the island and influenced its development at the Edisto Island Museum.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
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John Cleese shows up as a pirate and tries to make a call from a payphone on the ship, while his parrot, who is in love with him, gripes that Cleese is neglecting her and should take her to dinner with all his doubloons.—
Sophie Brickman,
The Atlantic,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Outlaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlaw. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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