Outlaw

Word OUTLAW
Character 6
Hyphenation out law
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Outlaw"

What do we mean by outlaw?

A fugitive from the law. noun

A habitual criminal. noun

A rebel; a nonconformist. noun

A person excluded from normal legal protection and rights. noun

A wild or vicious horse or other animal. noun

To declare illegal. transitive verb

To place under a ban; prohibit. transitive verb

To deprive (one declared to be a criminal fugitive) of the protection of the law. transitive verb

One who is excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Formerly it was lawful in Great Britain for any one to kill such a person. See outlawry. noun

A disorderly person living in defiant violation of the law; a habitual criminal. noun

Synonyms Robber, bandit, brigand, freebooter, highwayman, marauder. noun

To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; declare an outlaw; proscribe.

To remove from legal jurisdiction; deprive of legal force. An obligation which by reason of the lapse of time has become barred by the statute of limitations, so that no action will lie on it, is said to be outlawed.

A vicious, untamed animal: sometimes used attributively. noun

To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw. transitive verb

To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; ; to deprive of legal force. transitive verb

To render illegal; to ban, prohibit, or proscribe under sanction of some penalty. transitive verb

A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. noun

A person engaging habitually in criminal activity, especially theft or robbery; an habitually lawless person, especially one who is a fugitive from the law. noun

A fugitive from the law.

(history) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.

A person who operates outside established norms.

A wild horse.

An in-law: a relative by marriage.

One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial.

A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Outlaw

The word "outlaw" in example sentences

"we outlaw a member of our own society and belonging to our own country; but to _outlaw_ the chiefs of another country is something too absurd; I fear the English language is not much studied at the Cape." ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

Dorothy Provine, a stunningly beautiful actress who starred as the title outlaw in "The Bonnie Parker Story" (1958) and then as a flapper showgirl in the short-lived TV drama "The Roaring Twenties," died April 25. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dorothy Provine, 75, an actress who played the title outlaw in the film "The Bonnie Parker Story" and was the high-kicking flapper in the 1960s TV series "The Roaring 20's," died April 25 at a hospice near her home in Bremerton, Wash. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Raging street battles began Tuesday in Basra after the government led a crackdown on what it calls outlaw or rogue militants. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Mr. Bush will not say Iraq had a role in organizing 9/11, but he will say the gravest danger in the war on terror is what he calls outlaw regimes that seek and possess nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. ❋ Unknown (2003)

And then they found the word outlaw and they decided that would smooth it out a little bit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

California's Secretary of State says an initiative that would again outlaw gay marriage in the state has qualified for the November ballot. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Officer, it was an outlaw from the East Japan Club … ❋ Unknown (2004)

He felt that he had lost not only his partner and patron, but that he was bankrupt in honor, and an outlaw from the business community. ❋ Unknown (1871)

I shall find her, and the titled outlaw who stole her. ❋ Lewis Wallace (1866)

The Rebels are described as an outlaw motorcycle club with about 70 chapters and 2,000 members nationally. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Along with Nelson, Waylon Jennings was also achieving success in country music in the early 1970s, and the pair were soon combined into a genre called outlaw country ( "outlaw" because it did not conform to Nashville standards). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Now the movie, television and record industries want to again outlaw what the Supreme Court wisely deemed fair use back in the early 80’s. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The commission will also take a broader look at intelligence about the spread of weapons of mass destruction and at what the administration calls outlaw regimes. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Q Mr. President, what's wrong with talking to Cuba and Fidel Castro when we talk with other so-called outlaw nations like North Korea? ❋ ITY National Archives (1994)

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