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View definitions for outlaw

outlaw

noun as in person who is running from the law

verb as in prohibit; make illegal

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Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a third doctor for providing gender-affirming care in the state, where it was outlawed last year.

From Salon

The names of full-fledged undercover officers — who work deep-cover operations with outlaw biker gangs, terrorist groups or drug cartels — are kept out of department records and are known to only a handful of superiors.

AU principles such as outlawing unconstitutional changes in government will be disregarded.

From BBC

Teacher marriage bans were not officially outlawed until the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964.

While most experts agree that social media platforms can harm the mental health of adolescents, many are split over the efficacy of trying to outlaw them all together.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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