to outlaw
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4.4
- verb
- /ˈaʊtˌlɔ/
:
prohibir
- A number of European countries have already outlawed homeschooling.
- outlaw abortion
- outlaw by law
- outlaw practices
Texas is trying to outlaw the word slavery in school.
- Texas is trying to outlaw the word slavery in school.
- OK, the Analogue Act theoretically outlaws an infinite number of substances, right?
- What would happen to the housing market if you outlawed mortgages?
- So people had to do stuff in secret, you know, they, they outlawed the chanting.
- It's just candy until RFK outlaws it.
- Poll after poll shows the American people want to outlaw bump stocks.
- He didn't, you know, work to change Roman law, to outlaw abortion.
- So they could loophole the laws or, you know, but it can we outlaw lobbyists or we can't do that.
- This was, this was a talking point that people would use when they were trying to outlaw gas cars or something like that.
- What we don't want to do is to prohibit or outlaw or ban these things because then we don't get to steer.
- And I remind people that the people, the first people that outlaw slavery and enforce that law were the were the British.
Examples
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In Congress, meanwhile, some lawmakers are pushing legislation to outlaw all racial preferences in federal programs.
Academic text (1995) -
The Civil War had ended in 1865, and slavery was now outlawed throughout the land.
Fiction book (1999) -
This was, this was a talking point that people would use when they were trying to outlaw gas cars or something like that.
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Yeah, it would be wrong to outlaw it, but encouraging it is not necessary.
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Texas is trying to outlaw the word slavery in school.
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And now you could use this to really to outlaw gun ownership or gun dealing altogether.
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Until the past three decades or so, it was outlawed in some states.
Academic text (2008) -
What would happen to the housing market if you outlawed mortgages?
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Poll after poll shows the American people want to outlaw bump stocks.
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The government plans to outlaw any form of discrimination in the workplace.
Synonyms
484
1.4
To officially stop someone from doing something by law or rule
299
3.3
To officially say that something is not allowed by law
33
6.8
To make an action illegal by law or treat someone as a criminal
8
8.6
To forbid something by law or official rule
4
9.4
To stop someone or something by an official order
1
6.7
To make something against the law
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Forbidden
33
6.8
114
4.4
299
3.3
- Formal
484
1.4
361
3.1
∞
2.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Outlaw as a verb also comes from out and law, literally to put something 'outside the law'. So when a government outlaws something it makes that thing illegal or bans it.