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Meanings of outlaw in English

Portuguese
fora-de-lei
Catalan
criminal
Spanish
malhechor

Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.

fora-de-lei
Portuguese
proscrever
Catalan
penalitzar
Spanish
ilegalizar

Declare illegal; outlaw.

proscrever
Synonyms
Examples for "criminalise"
Examples for "criminalise"
1
More than 100 countries criminalise at least some aspect of sex work.
The Guardian
2
Currently, there are 37 member countries that have laws which criminalise homosexuality.
News.com.au
3
Fascists are diametrically opposed to liberty; they outlaw fraternity and criminalise equality.
The Irish Times
4
It will criminalise the freedom so many of our people fought for.
The Guardian
5
It seems to make some sense to not criminalise people for possession.
The Irish Times
1
Other laws criminalize spitting or biting-whichpose little threat of HIV transmission.
Ebony
2
Current laws in France criminalize sex with children under the age of 15.
Ebony
3
One proposed measure would criminalize slush funds used to make illicit campaign donations.
The Guardian
4
At its heart is an effort to criminalize a rare late-term abortion procedure.
The new yorker
5
They can't catch the perpetrators no matter how much they criminalize the activities.
Wired
1
Or we illegalize the thing we do not want others to do.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 / Little Jou...
2
Illegalize the marriage and make an adulteress of my wife?
A Century Too Soon: The Age of Tyranny
3
"Not only that, they're illegalizing kidney transplants for foreigners, just like here, but punishable by twenty years in jail and a forty-eight-thousand-dollar fine."
Larry's kidney: being the true story of how I found myself in ch...
Russian
объявление вне закона
Spanish
bandolero
Catalan
proscrit

Person, that is declared as outside the protection of the law.

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объявление вне закона

Contrary to or forbidden by law.

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Usage of outlaw in English
1
Several Muslim leaders called for international action to outlaw acts of blasphemy.
Reuters
2
Sigmund trained him in the ways of the hunter and the outlaw.
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths
3
It also seeks to outlaw ties between local and foreign political groups.
Reuters
4
The Government has accepted a Fine Gael Bill to outlaw ticket touting.
The Irish Times
5
Working for Amnesty International, to seek to outlaw torture throughout the world.
The Guardian
6
Krega was forced to become an outlaw-onewho lived outside the law.
Bones of the Dragon
7
Attempts to outlaw FGM in the past have foundered on political interests.
The Guardian
8
The outlaw turned away; then thought better of it and came back.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
9
The Government will outlaw single-use plastic bags in some shape or form.
Radio NZ
10
Local intel says that outlaw activity has been out of control lately.
Wild Storm
11
William wandered round the neighbourhood experiencing all the thrill of the outlaw.
More William
12
The outlaw weighed the links in his hand, then bit one testingly.
Beatrix of Clare
13
Silvermane swerved and in two mighty leaps bore down on the outlaw.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
14
Fascists are diametrically opposed to liberty; they outlaw fraternity and criminalise equality.
The Irish Times
15
The outlaw bared his tobacco-stained teeth in a sudden fury of rage.
Oh, You Tex!
16
He was severely blamed in the press for parleying with an outlaw.
The Hunted Outlaw, or, Donald Morrison, the Canadian Rob Roy
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