outlawry
[out-law-ree]
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noun, plural out·law·ries.
Origin of outlawry
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Outlawry, piracy, smugglery, were all goals too small for such operations.
The Cruise of the Dry DockT. S. Stribling
It was a Paradise where no writ had ever wandered, nor the word "outlawry" had ever been uttered.
Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2)Charles James Lever
He had reckoned from childhood on outlawry as his peculiar birthright.
The Education of Henry AdamsHenry Adams
He obtained the removal of his outlawry by presenting George II.
Highways & Byways in SussexE.V. Lucas
The king retaliated by placing the clergy of the kingdom in (p. 113) outlawry.
outlawry
noun plural -ries
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