单词 | outlaw |
释义 | outlaw/ˈaʊtlɔː /noun 1A person who has broken the law, especially one who remains at large or is a fugitive: bands of outlaws held up trains the outlaw Ned Kelly...
Synonyms fugitive, wanted criminal, outcast, exile, pariah, bandit, desperado, brigand, robber, criminal, black hat informal villain 1.1 historical A person deprived of the benefit and protection of the law.The Court was clearly concerned that the fact that the plaintiff was a burglar should not mean that he effectively became an outlaw, beyond the protection of the civil law....
verb [with object] 1Ban or make illegal: secondary picketing has been outlawed (as adjective outlawed) the outlawed terrorist group...
Synonyms ban, bar, prohibit, forbid, veto, embargo, boycott, make illegal, disallow, proscribe, interdict banish, exile, cast out, exclude, expel, shut out; repudiate, condemn, put a price on someone's head 1.1 historical Deprive (someone) of the benefit and protection of the law: he lost the estate in 1626, having been outlawed for non-payment of debts...
Derivativesoutlawry
OriginLate Old English ūtlaga (noun), ūtlagian (verb), from Old Norse útlagi, noun from útlagr 'outlawed or banished'. |
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