How to Use outlaw in a Sentence
- Billy the Kid was one of the most famous outlaws of America's early history.
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An outlaw on the fringes and in the slipstream.
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Selome Hailu,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
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Ready to hop on your horse and become an outlaw riding through the desert?
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Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
20 Aug. 2021
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There is a unique cachet to being the outlaw.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
4 Dec. 2025
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What outlaw road movies did you and your crew use as a frame of reference?
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Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!
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Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2026
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And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!
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Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2025
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The law is the law, and this outlaw of the emergent video age must serve a short jail term for his offense.
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Joe Morgenstern,
WSJ,
21 Apr. 2022
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Against this backdrop, an outlaw named Clutch has no choice but to get behind the wheel one more time.
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Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
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The legendary outlaw is a natural fit for our eat-the-rich moment.
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Britina Cheng,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
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The legendary outlaw is a natural fit for our eat-the-rich moment.
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Britina Cheng,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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The legendary outlaw is a natural fit for our eat-the-rich moment.
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Britina Cheng,
Vulture,
30 Nov. 2025
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The legendary outlaw is a natural fit for our eat-the-rich moment.
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Joe Reid,
Vulture,
27 Nov. 2025
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The legendary outlaw is a natural fit for our eat-the-rich moment.
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Britina Cheng,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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In the film, Cliff starred as an aspiring singer turned outlaw and hero of the poor after killing a cop.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
24 Nov. 2025
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But there are still some old phones (and plenty of outlaws) floating around in the Deep South.
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Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
20 Aug. 2025
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Hoyt is a gambler and an outlaw who lays low in Independence.
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Samantha Highfill,
EW.com,
1 Mar. 2022
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The final part tells the story of an outlaw who doesn’t set out to become a legend but ends up one anyway.
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Mars Salazar,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Apr. 2026
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In other words, a sly outlaw but also a SoCal high school burnout.
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Ramon Ramirez,
Austin American Statesman,
16 Mar. 2026
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But for all his talk of outlaws, Shaboozey can’t help but gravitate toward a hero.
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Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2026
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With few overhead costs or safety standards, these outlaw miners, in some cases, could strike it rich.
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Kimon De Greef,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2023
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Coe’s background was suitable for finding a home in the outlaw country movement.
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Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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So why not outlaw parties and rein in the dangers of partisanship?
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Robert A. Strong,
The Conversation,
8 Sep. 2025
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They Fall follows an outlaw who teams up with an old gang after his enemy is released from prison.
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Quinci Legardye,
Harper's BAZAAR,
3 Nov. 2021
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But with the passage of a new city ordinance, Bandit may become a true outlaw.
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Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Dec. 2025
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This film paired Redford with Paul Newman in the story of two outlaws on the run.
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Hannah Parry
amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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One is Panamint, which was founded by outlaws who struck silver while hiding out from law enforcement.
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Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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Taylor Swift loves her mad women and outlaw ladies, her queens with big reputations.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2025
- That type of gun was outlawed last year.
- The government passed a bill outlawing the hiring of children under the age of 12.
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And to outlaw any attempt to charge a per-mile tax on driving.
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Mary Jo Pitzl,
The Arizona Republic,
3 Mar. 2024
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Here are seven states in which happy hours are outlawed.
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Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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However, there were not enough votes to outlaw it.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Ten states now have outlawed certain kinds of assault-style rifles as well as large clips.
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Patrik Jonsson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
1 Nov. 2023
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But over time, these were outlawed or abandoned as too dangerous.
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Toby Muse,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2024
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In other words, the maps may have been outlawed — but their consequences are still being lived.
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Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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Texas naysayers who found the Edgar troubling tried outlawing it.
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Myriam Gurba,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2023
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In its current form, the proposal would outlaw the sale, barter, or trade of wildlife furs and furbearer parts statewide.
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Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
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The state outlawed many casino games in the 1870s, though that didn’t halt gambling.
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Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Some towns outlawed flashing signs years ago in an attempt to modernize their codes and their cities’ appearances.
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Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
11 Jan. 2026
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The rules also outlaw blocking access to a highway or other street where a sideshow is occurring.
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Sarah Ravani,
San Francisco Chronicle,
16 May 2023
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His congressional pawns could have passed a law outlawing ridicule of the president.
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Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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It was outlawed in the same law that forbade dropping rocks and logs on catfish, which tells you what fisheries managers thought of the practice.
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Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
15 Nov. 2023
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And yet, despite decades of public frustration, Congress has failed to outlaw it.
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Julian Baron,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Aug. 2025
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There were assaults in schools, where inclusive language was demonized and outlawed.
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Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
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The floodplain has been redrawn wider than ever, outlawing home construction in new danger zones.
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Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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This year, a bill that would have outlawed 7-OH failed to make it past the finish line after talks with the House.
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Ana Goñi-Lessan,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2026
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The law, however, does not outlaw current ownership of the pistols or the private resale of such firearms.
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David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
24 June 2026
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Like much of the administration’s work, the plan would not outlaw any of the fees, since the agency lacks such authority.
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Tony Romm,
Washington Post,
19 Nov. 2023
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Many other cities, states, and countries have outlawed the practice, according to the bill analysis.
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Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Jan. 2026
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People of faith gathered in secrecy for services, and religion was outlawed.
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Mark Temnycky,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
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Hurts gained six first downs on sneaks in the Super Bowl, which prompted some in the league to suggest the pushing part of the play should be outlawed.
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Dave Birkett,
Detroit Free Press,
2 Apr. 2023
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Trump has claimed that funding such care is a major economic burden while attempting to outlaw it throughout the country.
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Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
30 Oct. 2025
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Surrogacy contracts that treat preborn lives as transferable goods should be outlawed.
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Kimberly Bird,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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Many samurai remain, but sword-carrying is outlawed, leaving many of them jobless and destitute.
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Kayti Burt,
Time,
13 Nov. 2025
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However, in-person scouting is explicitly outlawed by the rule book.
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Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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Make sure to still check the policy at your school because some universities, like Rutgers, also outlaw those items.
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Kate Perez,
USA TODAY,
4 Aug. 2023
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Colvin was one of the four plaintiffs in the landmark lawsuit that outlawed racial segregation on Montgomery’s buses.
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Kimberly Chandler,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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