outlaw
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Police were given powers allowing them to outlaw the use of masks to conceal identities during protests under a law passed last year.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
A decade-long fight to outlaw child marriage in California is nearly at an end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
What the rule did do was essentially outlaw all road construction, all road reconstruction, and thus most ability to manage forests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Burnham is also planning to outlaw shops using fake "was" prices, which he said trick shoppers into thinking they are getting better value on purchases.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
They knew me as Nelson Mandela attorney- at-law, not Nelson Mandela outlaw.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 specifically outlaws knowingly taking steps to disguise or conceal that a donation has come from an impermissible source.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Robert Redford became a bankable leading man in 1969, when “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” about a pair of outlaws on the lam, turned him into a paragon of the movie star.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
The Deterrence unit later claimed responsibility for another operation in Rafah on Tuesday, announcing the arrest of "hundreds of outlaws" linked to Abu Shabab's and Heles's factions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025
Playing outlaws on the run, cornered men whose time had passed, bickering and bantering like an old married couple who can’t imagine a life without each other, they’re perfect together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
After the other outlaws fled, authorities went to inspect the dead man and saw his gold front teeth.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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The boy was a gang leader in a Caracas high school and a member of an outlawed Venezuelan Communist youth group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Whitby began a long and profitable history with whaling during the 18th Century and despite the controversial practice being outlawed in 1986 to protect the species, the arch remains popular with both visitors and locals.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
A month later, the Federal Communications Commission outlawed robocalls that use voices generated by AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Vigilantes and unaffiliated heroes are outlawed, and a few superheroes that haven’t retired go to work for the government.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2019
Would he be arrested, or would he simply be outlawed from the wizarding world?
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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Legal experts say the latest ruling is different, functionally outlawing cash bail in most cases, and strictly capping the amount in others.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The overturned regulation outlawing states of emergency dates back to social unrest in 2019 which killed 36 people and led to the resignation of then socialist leader Evo Morales.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
The law and its subsequent reauthorizations ultimately made sure that minority citizens’ votes mattered, outlawing policies, such as gerrymandered maps, that watered down their political power.
From Slate ● May 1, 2026
The next town over, Pittsfield, passed a bylaw outlawing baseball to protect the windows of its meetinghouse—all the way back in 1791.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Certainly, outlawing barbaric punishments was evidence of progress in penal practice, and perhaps of progress in American civilization as well.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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