noun
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the act of outlawing or the state of being outlawed
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disregard for the law
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Etymology
Origin of outlawry
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
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But whether or not the Uncas carried enslaved people out of the United States for sale or imported them from Cuba illegally, it made a definitive turn to outlawry in May 1843.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2021
It was their interpretation of Europe’s “myriad customs of outlawry, role reversal, and colorful mockery of the existing order,” as historian Penne Restad describes it.
From Slate • Dec. 11, 2015
The Stones set the mold for the testosteronic bad-boy bands of the next 40 years; they made outlawry in.
From Time • Oct. 26, 2010
They ranged from instances of mere tactlessness to stories of downright outlawry.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Mr. Clavering, you have something to compensate you for your outlawry."
From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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