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Antonyms for outlaw
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : out-law |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌlɔ |
Definition of outlaw
Origin :- Old English utlaga "one put outside the law" (and thereby deprived of its benefits and protections), from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse utlagi (n.) "outlaw," from utlagr (adj.) "outlawed, banished," from ut "out" (see out (adv.)) + *lagu, plural of lag "law" (see law).
- [G]if he man to deaðe gefylle, beo he þonne utlah ["Laws of Edward & Guthrum," c.924]
- Meaning "one living a lawless life" is first recorded 1880. As an adjective from Old English.
- noun person who is running from the law
- verb prohibit; make illegal
- The words of the outlaw had struck something in him that was like metal chiming on metal.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- And that minute he turned me from a scared kid into an outlaw—a killer.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The friends of the outlaw made a last effort to bring about an accommodation.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- He was severely blamed in the press for parleying with an outlaw.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- Perhaps the outlaw realized at last how severely he had tried his friends' patience.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- Photographs of the outlaw were obtained and distributed among the men.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- I am an outlaw, and get my living by hook and by crook in a manner it boots not now to tell of.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
- To deny that he had come to arrest the outlaw was so pitifully futile.
- Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
- Had he heard from some stray Indian that Spurling was an outlaw, with a price upon his head?
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
- He was, when all is said, an escaped slave, an outlaw in his own land and a homeless outcast in any other.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
Synonyms for outlaw
- ban
- bandit
- banish
- bar
- brigand
- con
- condemn
- criminal
- crook
- damn
- desperado
- disallow
- drifter
- embargo
- enjoin
- ex-con
- exclude
- forbid
- fugitive
- gangster
- gunslinger
- hood
- hoodlum
- hooligan
- illegalize
- inhibit
- interdict
- jailbird
- marauder
- mobster
- mug
- outcast
- pariah
- prevent
- proscribe
- racketeer
- robber
- stop
- taboo
- wrong number
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