outlawed

Adjective

(not comparable)

(of an act) put beyond the limits of the law, forbidden, against the law.
(of a person) put beyond the limits of the law, declared an outlaw or declared a criminal.

Verb

Simple past tense and past participle of outlaw.

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During World War I in the United States, fourteen states outlawed speaking German.
We have not only outlawed cruelty to animals, but increasingly, people care about the living conditions of even the animals they eat.
William made his triumphal entry into the capital (September 23), which he had quitted as an outlawed fugitive ten years before.
Matilda or Mahaud, widow of Theobald Walter, escaped from John's solicitations by marrying the outlawed Fulk and following him to the forest.
"No freeman shall be arrested, or detained in prison, or deprived of his freehold, or outlawed, or banished, or in any way molested; and we will not set forth against him, nor send against him, unless by the lawful judgment of his peers and by the law of the land."

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