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outlaw
[out-law]
noun
a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
Synonyms: , ,a person, group, or thing excluded from the benefits and protection of the law.
a person under sentence of outlawry.
a person who refuses to be governed by the established rules or practices of any group; rebel; nonconformist.
one of the outlaws of country music.
Chiefly Western U.S.
a horse that cannot be broken; a mean, intractable horse.
any rogue animal.
verb (used with object)
to make unlawful or illegal.
The Eighteenth Amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating beverages in the U.S.
to deprive of the benefits and protection of the law.
Members of guerrilla bands who refused to surrender were outlawed.
to prohibit.
to outlaw smoking in a theater.
Synonyms: , ,to remove from legal jurisdiction; deprive of legal force.
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of an outlaw.
outlaw
/ ˈʊˌɔː /
noun
(formerly) a person excluded from the law and deprived of its protection
any fugitive from the law, esp a habitual transgressor
a wild or untamed beast
verb
to put (a person) outside the law and deprive of its protection
(in the US) to deprive (a contract) of legal force
to ban
Other 51Թ Forms
- self-outlaw noun
- self-outlawed adjective
- unoutlawed adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Ministers are planning to scrap the Vagrancy Act, which outlaws rough sleeping in England and Wales.
Transporting dogs in vehicles has also been outlawed.
But while many states have also outlawed the recreational use of the product in the US, it is still legal to sell as a culinary product.
Meanwhile, underground syringe exchanges and shooting galleries spawned across the country, with sterile needles, Narcan, wipes and bins at hand, all in violation of the 1986 “crackhouse statute” which outlaws premises used for illicit drug-taking.
As one of the novel’s characters says, “Survival required disobedience, and each of them must become an outlaw. So be it.”
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