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Outlaw carved up hip to rib (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prohibit

'outlaw' is the definition.
(I know that outlaw is a more specific form of prohibit)

'carved up hip to rib' is the wordplay.
'carved up' is an anagram indicator.
'hip'+'to'+'rib'='hiptorib'
'hiptorib' is an anagram of 'PROHIBIT'.

(Other definitions for prohibit that I've seen before include "Stop" , "Forbid, ban" , "Disallow" , "Proscribe, forbid" , "Bar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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