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

Example sentences :

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

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