outlawry

[ out-law-ree ]

noun

, plural out·law·ries.

1. the act or process of outlawing.
2. the state of being outlawed.
3. disregard or defiance of the law:

   a man whose outlawry had made him a folk hero.

Other Words From

• non·outlawry noun plural nonoutlawries

Word History and Origins

Origin of outlawry¹

1350–1400; Middle English outlauerie < Anglo-French utlagerie, Medieval Latin utlagāria < Middle English outlage outlaw + Anglo-French -erie -ry, Medieval Latin -āria -ary

Example Sentences

So that even the sentence of outlawry against the Christians did not affect the bodies of the dead.

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He knew that this act would expose himself to outlawry and his family to ruin.

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He was in a new world, and had not become wonted to it—the world of conscious crime—the world of outlawry.

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Meanwhile there were moments when this sense of present outlawry brought with it a fierce and splendid joy.

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When Thorir heard of it he was furious, and said that never should Grettir either go or come out of his outlawry.

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