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Synonyms for outlaw

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : out-law
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌlɔ

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Définition 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

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