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Outlaw Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Outlaw has 6 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

"The sheriff warned everyone to stay away from the outlaw hiding in the canyon, as he had already been convicted of multiple robberies."

2

A fugitive from the law.

"The sheriff rode hard into town hoping to catch the outlaw before he disappeared into the desert."

Verb
1

declare illegal; outlaw

"Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

2

To declare illegal.

"The new bill will outlaw smoking in all enclosed public spaces."

Adjective
1

contrary to or forbidden by law

"an illegitimate seizure of power"

"illicit trade"

"an outlaw strike"

"unlawful measures"

2

disobedient to or defiant of law

"lawless bands roaming the plains"

Example Sentences
"Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S." verb
"an illegitimate seizure of power" adjective
"illicit trade" adjective
"an outlaw strike" adjective
"unlawful measures" adjective
"lawless bands roaming the plains" adjective
See Also
outlawed outlawness criminal legal bandit norms put to horn shifta
Related Terms
Antonyms
legalise decriminalise legitimize
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
principal forbid
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
accessory arsonist blackmailer bootlegger briber conspirator desperado fugitive gangster highbinder highjacker hood jail bird kidnapper mafioso moll murderer probationer pusher racketeer raper recidivist scofflaw smuggler thief traitor violator ban
Rhyming Words
law claw flaw plaw slaw klaw unlaw inlaw pilaw bylaw prelaw by law byrlaw beclaw loblaw in law of law sublaw samlaw declaw
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