outlaw

English

Etymology

From Middle English outlaue (“banished”).

Noun

outlaw (plural outlaws)

1. A fugitive from the law.
2. A person who is excluded from normal legal rights.
3. A person who operates outside established norms.

   The main character of the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.

4. A wild horse.

Synonyms

• (person that operates outside established norms): anti-hero

Translations

a fugitive from the law

Chinese: Mandarin: simpl. 逃犯 Croatian: razbojnik m., odmetnik m., izopćenik m. Dutch: vogelvrije Esperanto: eksterleĝulo (eo), eksterleĝulino (eo) Finnish: lainsuojaton (fi) French: hors-la-loi (fr)

Greek: παράνομος (el) m., φυγάς (el) m. Italian: fuorilegge (it) m. Portuguese: fora-de-lei m. and f. Spanish: forajido (es) m.

person without legal rights

Dutch: vogelvrije

Finnish: lainsuojaton (fi)

wild horse

Chinese: Mandarin: simpl. 野马 Finnish: villihevonen (fi)

Greek: αγριάλογο (el) n.

Verb

outlaw (third-person singular simple present outlaws, present participle outlawing, simple past and past participle outlawed)

1. To declare illegal
2. To place a ban upon
3. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.

   to outlaw a debt or claim

4. To deprive of legal force.

   Laws outlawed by necessity. — Fuller.

Translations

to declare illegal

Chinese: Mandarin: simpl. 宣告非法 Finnish: julistaa laittomaksi, kieltää

to place a ban under

External links

• outlaw in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• outlaw in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• outlaw at OneLook Dictionary Search