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Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old Norse
Origin: utlagi

outlaw

1 verb
     
out‧law1 [transitive]
to completely stop something by making it illegal:
The bill would have outlawed several types of guns.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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