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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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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.

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

We haven't seen how women would rise up against abortion bans, forcing multiple states to protect the right even as Republican leadership tries to outlaw it.

From Salon

What is one down-ballot item you are voting on that you think is particularly important: Prop 1 in New York state would amend the state constitution to enshrine abortion/reproductive rights and would outlaw, in the same amendment, discrimination based on ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy.

From Slate

It’s entirely conceivable that he’ll buy into this new attempt to outlaw a safe and effective abortion procedure, and send the three states’ threadbare case back up the judicial pipeline.

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

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