noun
-
the act of outlawing or the state of being outlawed
-
disregard for the law
Other Word Forms
- nonoutlawry noun
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Wednesday’s 15-point release from the league office fills in a bunch of key details about the Saints’ outlawry.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2012
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
Televised westerns have filled the gap, imbuing them with the spirit of benign outlawry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps some of your correspondents may be able to state when the practice of presenting gloves to the judges on moving to reverse an outlawry in the King's Bench was discontinued.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 83, May 31, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
