Word: outlawed
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When the cod was anonymously returned several days later, legislators and police laughed off the thievery and no one was ever charged for the crime. As a result, the Lampoon’s members obtained an outlaw reputation that they felt obligated to refresh every so often by committing new, even more fiendish pranks. By contrast, if the police had obtained search warrants to invade the Lampoon Castle, carted off evidence, and arrested Lampoon staff, future members likely would have been too fearful to commit another prank for years...
...cockfighting arenas in the capital alone, and many other clandestine ones in people's homes. Managua's mayor recently announced the city's plans to build the largest cockfighting arena in all of Central America. The sport is illegal in the United States, but there are no movements to outlaw cockfighting in Nicaragua. Considering that 22 of the 91 lawmakers in the last National Assembly were galleros, any motion to outlaw it here would probably be pecked to death on the floor of Congress...
...spastic and aggressive yet nonchalant—is at once totally natural and totally badass. Dancing frantically in bare feet, she giggles about, “making bombs with rubber bands,” daring anyone to fuck with her, as she’s an “outlaw from the badland.” What a trendsetter, what a role model. That M.I.A is too damn cool. —Nayeli E. Rodriguez
...sidestepped all the problems of making the music carry the plot by keeping the 17-strong cast and band onstage throughout. Between them, in thickest Jamaican patois and the merest whiff of ganja smoke, they summon the saucy spirit of the Kingston dancehall one minute, the legend of the outlaw the next. Best of all they rip through glorious renditions of hit after hit. Make room, Mamma Mia! For as sure as the sun will shine, The Harder They Come is gonna get its share...
...business. The World Bank Institute, the bank's in-house think tank, estimates that more than $1 trillion is paid in bribes each year, lining the pockets of officials at the expense of economies, distorting competition and giving business a bad name the world over. The U.S. tried to outlaw the habit with its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, which makes it unlawful for any American firm to make a corrupt payment to a foreign official. But that was long the exception; many other rich countries simply turned a blind eye. In Germany and Luxembourg , bribes used...