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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
Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
The school even revised its dress code to outlaw the shirts, and put students in detention for wearing them.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
What emerges is a performer who has somehow swapped outlaw '70s rock journalist Hunter S. Thompson's soul into Taylor Swift's body.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 6 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Selling and purchasing nitrous oxide for its intended purpose is legal, but some states have outlawed recreational use of the gas.
—Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
The school even revised its dress code to outlaw the shirts, and put students in detention for wearing them.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
This year was largely defined by pop stars who rewrote the rules, genre outlaws who succeeded in new territory and a rap beef that gave us a unifying anthem.
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
What emerges is a performer who has somehow swapped outlaw '70s rock journalist Hunter S. Thompson's soul into Taylor Swift's body.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 6 Dec. 2024
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Trump will also advise the department to ban transgender service members and remove all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs from the military.—
Jackson Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Jan. 2025
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That was, in essence, why the U.S. Supreme Court just this month unanimously upheld a law effectively banning TikTok—because Congress saw it as a national security risk that stood to benefit China.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
28 Jan. 2025
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The Federal Aviation Administration had issued temporary flight restrictions at the time that prohibited drone operations near the Los Angeles County wildfires.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Even though some states prohibit sports gambling, Kalshi has opened up sports event trading contracts in all 50 states.—
Sami Sparber,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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At least 49 businesses have been robbed so far in the spree, according to the United Bodegas of America (UBA) trade group, which is offering a $5,000 bounty on the bandits.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Several warring factions exist within the Zone, as well as lone bandits and stalkers.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2024
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One of the president’s executive orders was to instruct the U.S. attorney general to abstain for 75 days from enforcing the law criminalizing its hosting and distribution.—
Kelly Evans,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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The Espionage Act There are several federal laws that can be read to criminalize the public disclosure of national security secrets.—
Gabe Rottman,
The Mercury News,
10 Jan. 2025
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Especially since active duty troops are forbidden from doing law enforcement under the Posse Comitatus Act.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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The executive order does not mention key Trump campaign promises like banning gender-affirming care for minors or forbidding trans youth from competing on school sports teams that align with their gender.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Every day Americans are safer because of the violent criminals that President Trump's administration is removing from our communities.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said this week that the administration sees all undocumented immigrants as criminals.—
Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN,
30 Jan. 2025
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,
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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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He was dressed in a pirate’s costume at the time in July 2015, Monroe County deputies said.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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But when he’s presumed dead after a tragic run-in with a pirate ship, our heroine is forced to take up with the spiteful Prince Humperdink—that is, until a masked man in black jumps in to save her.—
Gia Yetikyel,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Outlaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlaw. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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