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Meanings of outlawing in English

Russian
забанить
Spanish
banear
Catalan
ban

An official rule or ruling prohibiting something generally, or forbidding someone to do something others can do.

забанить
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Examples for "ban"
Examples for "ban"
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The Daily Post said a similar ban will apply over New Year.
Radio NZ
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Today his father Stephen said the government needs to ban synthetic drugs.
News.com.au
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However, it remains a separate issue to the Good Friday alcohol ban.
The Irish Times
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Every year, more countries ban wild animals from being used in circuses.
The Guardian
5
Home Secretary Alan Johnson said the ban aimed to help prevent terrorism.
Reuters
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Officials of the local wildlife department say the animals have been imported in violation of a legal ban.
BBC
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He hoped it would be the culmination of his five-year campaign to overturn Ireland's legal ban on homosexual acts.
The Irish Times
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The supreme court has dismissed an emergency application to hear a right-to-die case challenging the legal ban on assisted dying.
The Guardian
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A "wholesale" legal ban preventing enforcement action over unlicensed large scale peat extraction activity has been lifted by the High Court.
The Irish Times
5
Brive fear Pontypridd will be fired up for today's Heineken Cup quarter-final play-off by the legal ban on three of the Welsh side's players.
The Irish Times
Usage of outlawing in English
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The court said outlawing assisted suicide deprives people of dignity and autonomy.
Radio NZ
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He introduced a bill outlawing sodium fluoroacetate, but it died in committee.
Wicked plants
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They demanded a new government and the outlawing of communism within five days.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
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Sweden set the trend in Europe by outlawing paying for sex in 1999.
Reuters
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Kenya follows a number of African governments in outlawing the practice.
The Guardian
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However, the COGTA Minister's reasoning for outlawing cigarettes has raised a few eyebrows.
The South African
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He vacillated on his support for abortion rights, but never supported outlawing abortion.
Reuters
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It's no surprise that pop stars spoke openly about outlawing the dance parties.
Class of 88
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The Law, outlawing the traitor, is a great and terrible thing.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
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At that time, England had no civil or criminal laws outlawing revenge porn.
The Guardian
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Must we submit to the outlawing of our customs and observances?
The Puppet Crown
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France has not gone as far as Britain by outlawing ransom payments by companies.
Reuters
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Of course, outlawing certain language isn't likely to solve racism.
The Guardian
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But outlawing press photographs of public people in public places also smacks of censorship.
Wired
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The Fed said it was not setting pay caps or outlawing any specific practices.
Reuters
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Webb-Kenyon was a measure outlawing the importation of alcoholic beverages into a dry state.
Last call: the rise and fall of prohibition
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Catalan
ban
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