outlaw
verb /ˈaʊtlɔː/
/ˈaʊtlɔː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they outlaw | /ˈaʊtlɔː/ /ˈaʊtlɔː/ |
| he / she / it outlaws | /ˈaʊtlɔːz/ /ˈaʊtlɔːz/ |
| past simple outlawed | /ˈaʊtlɔːd/ /ˈaʊtlɔːd/ |
| past participle outlawed | /ˈaʊtlɔːd/ /ˈaʊtlɔːd/ |
| -ing form outlawing | /ˈaʊtlɔːɪŋ/ /ˈaʊtlɔːɪŋ/ |
- outlaw something to make something illegal synonym ban
- plans to outlaw the carrying of knives
- the outlawed nationalist party
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec1- Commercial whaling has been outlawed by international agreement.
- He was found to be a member of the outlawed rebel movement.
- outlaw somebody (in the past) to make somebody an outlawTopics Law and justicec1
Word Originlate Old English ūtlaga (noun), ūtlagian (verb), from Old Norse útlagi, noun from útlagr ‘outlawed or banished’.