outlaw

[ out-law ]

/ ˈaʊtˌlɔ /

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noun

a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.

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.

to remove from legal jurisdiction; deprive of legal force.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of an outlaw.

OTHER WORDS FOR outlaw

1 desperado, bandit, brigand.

8 proscribe, ban, forbid.

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Origin of outlaw

before 1150; Middle English outlawe,Old English ūtlaga<Old Norse ūtlagi one outside the protection of the law; see out, law¹

OTHER WORDS FROM outlaw

self-outlaw, nounself-outlawed, adjectiveun·out·lawed, adjective

Words nearby outlaw

outlaid, outland, outlander, outlandish, outlast, outlaw, outlawry, outlaw strike, outlay, outleap, outlet

How to use outlaw in a sentence

Since the new regulations outlawed surface expressions last year, more than two dozen have occurred in Kern County, the heart of the state’s oil industry.
Oil Companies Are Profiting From Illegal Spills. And California Lets Them.|by Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun, and Lylla Younes, ProPublica|September 18, 2020|ProPublica
While the industry has grown enormously—the value of Bitcoin in circulation is now worth over $200 billion—and made inroads into traditional finance, crypto has not entirely shaken its outlaw reputation.
Coinbase shuffles board ahead of rumored IPO, Marc Andreessen joins as observer|Jeff|August 31, 2020|Fortune
Nationwide, single-family zoning was created just after the Supreme Court outlawed cities from adopting zoning plans that segregated areas explicitly by race.
Single-Family Zoning’s Century of Supremacy in San Diego|Andrew Keatts|August 26, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Meanwhile, Burleson also invoked the Espionage Act to ban circulation of anti-war materials and outlawed worker strikes, with Wilson’s encouragement.
Trump Isn’t the First President to Use His Postmaster for Politics|Fiona Zublin|August 21, 2020|Ozy

Never mind that women were more likely than men to support outlawing booze.
Suffragette City: San Diego’s Crucial Role in Getting Women the Vote|Randy Dotinga|August 6, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Added Outlaw: "Just because you're at the beach doesn't mean you can't blow our minds."
The 2013 Artist Sand Castle Competition Hosted by Creative Time (PHOTOS)|Isabel Wilkinson|August 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And yet, no one in Rio is calling for the end of the campaign to reclaim the outlaw zones of the city.
Rio’s Security Crisis|Mac Margolis|August 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The outlaw had a long white beard and looked like an intense Willie Nelson.
How Green Is Your Green? Pot’s Terrible Environmental Record|Emily Brady|July 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I first learned about the environmental dangers of growing pot from an old outlaw.
How Green Is Your Green? Pot’s Terrible Environmental Record|Emily Brady|July 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Many court watchers were expecting the justices to outlaw or seriously curtail all uses of race by government actors.
Affirmative Action Lives! What Happened at the Supreme Court|Adam Winkler|June 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Before the outlaw can comply with this small request the horn sounds again.
Physiology of The Opera|John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")
In the meantime, the outlaw, having observed how much more cordially the tyrant is received than himself, has made his exit.
Physiology of The Opera|John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")
But a little earlier still, to be an Infidel was to be an outlaw, subject to the penalty of death.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
He was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
You know I am one of those illustrious unfortunates whom governments outlaw.
Balsamo, The Magician|Alexander Dumas

British Dictionary definitions for outlaw

outlaw

/ (ˈaʊtˌlɔː) /

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 (tr)

to put (a person) outside the law and deprive of its protection

(in the US) to deprive (a contract) of legal force

to ban

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