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outlaw

noun as in person who is running from the law

verb as in prohibit; make illegal

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It comes after an investigation found illegal blades were still available to buy online, a month after they were outlawed.

From BBC

During his recent campaign, Trump said he would ask Congress to pass a law outlawing sanctuary cities nationwide.

In recent years, seven states have outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude in their constitutions, including Colorado in 2018, Utah and Nebraska in 2020, and Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont in 2022.

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.

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

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