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outlawed

ADJECTIVE

illegal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

banned prohibited

STRONG

bootleg crooked forbidden interdicted proscribed racket smuggled taboo violating

WEAK

actionable black-market contraband criminal extralegal felonious heavy hot illegitimate illicit irregular lawless not approved not legal outside the law prosecutable shady sub-rosa unauthorized unconstitutional under-the-table unlawful unlicensed unofficial unwarrantable unwarranted verboten wildcat wrongful

Antonyms

STRONG

allowed

Example Sentences

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A month later, the Federal Communications Commission outlawed robocalls that use voices generated by AI.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

One of the biggest crises the company faced was Prohibition, when liquor was outlawed and distilleries in America were forced to close.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

California became the first state to follow in the footsteps of the European Union, which outlawed the additives between 1990 and 2008.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Johnson, which effectively allowed cities to outlaw public camping, Albuquerque began a regime of sweeps, actively dismantling encampments—soon after, they outlawed public camping altogether.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

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

outlawed

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