as in prohibiting
the act of ordering that something not be done or used
the outlawing of cell phone use by motorists is intended to reduce accidents caused by distracted driving
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as in banning
to make or declare contrary to the law
a push to outlaw smoking in all public buildings
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as in forbidding
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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Recent Examples of outlawing
Wendy Keefover, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
In 1875 Congress passed a civil rights act outlawing racial discrimination, but in 1883 the US Supreme Court invalidated the law.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Criminalizing 'unlawful alert' and outlawing whistle blowing Senate Bill 1635 turns notifying someone that law enforcement is about to arrest them into a crime.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Following the 2022 invasion, the Kremlin passed a web of repressive laws effectively outlawing criticism of the war effort or government.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
According to Mattus, the tree is relatively new to the invasive species list, but many states are now outlawing its sale—even the hybrids.
—Jennifer Lobb, Martha Stewart, 30 Jan. 2026
But some lawmakers in the State Affairs Committee bristled at the idea of outlawing all city and county flags.
—Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026
Chicago aldermen approved a sweeping ban outlawing unlicensed businesses in the city from selling all but a few hemp products.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
The challengers compared Hawaii’s law, which was enacted a year later, to states that resisted the Supreme Court’s 1954 landmark decision outlawing racial segregation in schools.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 11 Jan. 2026
Verb
These and other developments make this a moment of reckoning for lawmakers and wildlife officials who have repeatedly resisted outlawing vehicular killing of wildlife, or who have shied away from strengthening anti-cruelty laws.
—Wendy Keefover, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
In 1875 Congress passed a civil rights act outlawing racial discrimination, but in 1883 the US Supreme Court invalidated the law.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Criminalizing 'unlawful alert' and outlawing whistle blowing Senate Bill 1635 turns notifying someone that law enforcement is about to arrest them into a crime.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Following the 2022 invasion, the Kremlin passed a web of repressive laws effectively outlawing criticism of the war effort or government.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
According to Mattus, the tree is relatively new to the invasive species list, but many states are now outlawing its sale—even the hybrids.
—Jennifer Lobb, Martha Stewart, 30 Jan. 2026
But some lawmakers in the State Affairs Committee bristled at the idea of outlawing all city and county flags.
—Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026
Chicago aldermen approved a sweeping ban outlawing unlicensed businesses in the city from selling all but a few hemp products.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
The challengers compared Hawaii’s law, which was enacted a year later, to states that resisted the Supreme Court’s 1954 landmark decision outlawing racial segregation in schools.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlawing
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The court ruled Thursday that the state law banning Section 8 discrimination violates the Fourth Amendment.—
Tim McNicholas,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Policies requiring freshmen to live in dorms or banning children from campus can make going to college as a parent incredibly difficult and, at times, impossible.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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The legal case seeks a court order prohibiting Grammarly from using these people’s names and identities without consent.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Academy has a rule prohibiting winners from selling or disposing of the statuette.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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The prohibition currently keeps about 53,000 ineligible to vote in Missouri.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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The restaurant has been owned by a handful of different families who navigated world wars, prohibition, and global pandemics, moving locations just twice but always staying on Decatur Street.—
Stephanie Gallman Jordan,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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That's because the section in the FACE Act criminalizing interference at houses of worship fundamentally misstates the rights people have under the First Amendment.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Its role as the only economic player in town – the result of crushing sanctions further criminalizing the regime to the point of creating and sustaining a black market economy run by the group – leaves its leaders disinterested in turning their back on such a system.—
Alexander Langlois,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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There appears to be no law expressly forbidding the use of public funds to influence voters.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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That was despite a Spanish edict forbidding Pueblo people to possess horses.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Outlawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlawing. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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