outlaw

English

Etymology

From Middle English outlaue (“banished”), Old English ūtlaga (“outlaw”).

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.
5. (humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.

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) (paránomos) m, φυγάς (el) (fygás) m
• Icelandic: útlagi (is) m
• Italian: fuorilegge (it) m
• Jèrriais: proscrit m
• Old English: ūtlaga (ang) m
• Portuguese: fora-de-lei m and f
• Spanish: forajido (es) m

person without legal rights

• Dutch: vogelvrije
• Finnish: lainsuojaton (fi)

• Swedish: fredlös (sv)

wild horse

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: simpl. 野马

• Finnish: villihevonen (fi)
• Greek: αγριάλογο (el) (agriálogo) 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
• German: ächten (de)
• Icelandic: útlægja (is)
• Old English: ūtlagian (ang)

to place a ban on

• Icelandic: útlægja (is)
• Old English: ūtlagian (ang)

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