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outlaw
[ out-law ]
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.
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
- 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 Words From
- self-outlaw noun
- self-outlawed adjective
- un·outlawed adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Nationwide, single-family zoning was created just after the Supreme Court outlawed cities from adopting zoning plans that segregated areas explicitly by race.
Meanwhile, Burleson also invoked the Espionage Act to ban circulation of anti-war materials and outlawed worker strikes, with Wilson’s encouragement.
Never mind that women were more likely than men to support outlawing booze.
Added Outlaw: "Just because you're at the beach doesn't mean you can't blow our minds."
And yet, no one in Rio is calling for the end of the campaign to reclaim the outlaw zones of the city.
The outlaw had a long white beard and looked like an intense Willie Nelson.
I first learned about the environmental dangers of growing pot from an old outlaw.
Many court watchers were expecting the justices to outlaw or seriously curtail all uses of race by government actors.
Before the outlaw can comply with this small request the horn sounds again.
In the meantime, the outlaw, having observed how much more cordially the tyrant is received than himself, has made his exit.
But a little earlier still, to be an Infidel was to be an outlaw, subject to the penalty of death.
He was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.
You know I am one of those illustrious unfortunates whom governments outlaw.
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