I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
end/outlaw discrimination
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The purpose of the law is to end discrimination in the workplace.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
abortion
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Conservatives insist that the new platform retain the 1992 abortion plank calling for a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion.
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He would outlaw abortion and end gun control.
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By 1980 the Republican Party platform had become antiabortion; and a president who pledged to outlaw abortion altogether had been elected.
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The Louisiana legislature was debating a bill to outlaw virtually all abortions .
amendment
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Hearings to consider a Proposed constitutional amendment outlawing affirmative action were scheduled.
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Conservatives insist that the new platform retain the 1992 abortion plank calling for a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion.
bill
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Support for bill to outlaw hackers.
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The Louisiana legislature was debating a bill to outlaw virtually all abortions.
discrimination
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It did not outlaw indirect discrimination and indeed the concept of indirect discrimination did not appear in the legislation.
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A Cabinet report does not, however, favour legislation to outlaw age discrimination .
law
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Those opposed say existing law already outlaws electronic piracy, and that law-abiding users would suffer.
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We could have passed a law outlawing tractors or requiring every tractor to be accompanied by a man on a horse.
legislation
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Such legislation would outlaw any models which fell below a certain standard.
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Dan Schottel promises to sponsor legislation outlawing support groups for gays in public schools.
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A Cabinet report does not, however, favour legislation to outlaw age discrimination.
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Do many states have legislation outlawing undemocratic high school organizations, and have such laws been upheld?
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Thanks to Chavez, farm-owners now provide outside lavatories for workers; he also prompted legislation to outlaw the hated short hoe.
marriage
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Nine states have outlawed such marriages .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Attempts to outlaw abortion have so far been unsuccessful.
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Religious and racial discrimination were outlawed under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Slavery was not officially outlawed in Australia until 1859.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Congress finally outlawed speaking honoraria in the early nineties.
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He was rewarded on 16 April 1660 when the council of state outlawed all news-books except his pair.
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Hundreds flooded the city centre last week for the raising of the outlawed Morning Star flag.
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Previous efforts to mandate term limits and balanced budgets and to outlaw flag-burning failed in Congress.
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She summoned the Protestant preachers to come to Stirling on 10 May, and outlawed them when they refused.
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Those opposed say existing law already outlaws electronic piracy, and that law-abiding users would suffer.
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Trade in the grey whale has been outlawed since 1949 because uncontrolled whaling had put it on the verge of extinction.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But they have fewer qualms about accepting outlaws, who have frequently found solace within the ancient hilltop walls.
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It is an outlaw culture trying to play golf at Burning Tree.
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She told me what she was looking for in the genealogy some kind of outlaw , I think.
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Strangely, there is both the outlaw and the patriot in this formidable cricketer.
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Tall, trim and square of jaw, he looks more like a lawman than an outlaw .
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The armed and thirsty outlaws were rising from their seats and moving towards her with jangling spurs and cap guns.