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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024out•law /ˈaʊtˌlɔ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a criminal, esp. one who is running away and hiding to avoid being captured by legal authorities.
v. [~ + object] - to make unlawful or illegal:Abortion was outlawed in that state.
- to prohibit:to outlaw smoking in a theater.
adj. [before a noun] - of, relating to, or characteristic of an outlaw:the outlaw society in the early days of the Old West; the dictator's outlaw regime.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024out•law (out′lô′),USA pronunciation n. - a lawless person or habitual criminal, esp. one who is a fugitive from the law.
- a person, group, or thing excluded from the benefits and protection of the law.
- a person under sentence of outlawry.
- a person who refuses to be governed by the established rules or practices of any group;
rebel; nonconformist:one of the outlaws of country music. - Dialect Terms[Chiefly Western U.S.]
- a horse that cannot be broken;
a mean, intractable horse. - any rogue animal.
v.t. - to make unlawful or illegal:The Eighteenth Amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating beverages in the U.S.
- to deprive of thebenefits and protection of the law:Members of guerrilla bands who refused to surrender were outlawed.
- to prohibit:to outlaw smoking in a theater.
- to remove from legal jurisdiction;
deprive of legal force. adj. - of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an outlaw.
- Old Norse ūtlagi one outside the protection of the law; see out, law1
- Middle English outlawe, Old English ūtlaga bef. 1150
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged desperado, bandit, brigand.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged proscribe, ban, forbid.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: outlaw /ˈaʊtˌlɔː/ n - (formerly) a person excluded from the law and deprived of its protection
- any fugitive from the law, esp a habitual transgressor
vb (transitive)- to put (a person) outside the law and deprive of its protection
- to ban
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