Sentences with phrase «perceived as an outlawed»

In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, urban migration brought the art form to major city centers yet for decades capoeira was perceived as an outlawed practice.

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If they are illegal then there is the constant fear of living as an «outlaw» afraid to report abuses, even rape or other crimes, to the authorities, but then the same fears arise for drug users or alcoholics; the authorities are not perceived as being sympathetic to someone who needs to «shoot - up» or drink regularly, whose only source of income is to sell drugs or their bodies.