outlaw
Noun
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Noun
outlaw (plural outlaws)
- A fugitive from the law.
- (history) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.
- A person who operates outside established norms.
- The main character in the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.
- A wild horse.
- (humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
- (humorous) One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial.
- (slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.
- (fugitive) absconder, fugitive
- (criminal) bandit, wolfshead
- (person who operates outside established norms) anti-hero, deviant
- French: hors-la-loi
- German: Verfemter (rare), Outlaw, Gesetzloser
- Italian: fuorilegge
- Portuguese: fora-de-lei
- Russian: престу́пник
- Spanish: forajido, fugitivo, desperado
- German: Ächtung
- Russian: изго́й
- Russian: дикий
outlaw (outlaws, present participle outlawing; past and past participle outlawed)
- To declare illegal.
- To place a ban upon.
- To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
- to outlaw a debt or claim
- To deprive of legal force.
- Laws outlawed by necessity. — Fuller.
- German: ächten
- Russian: объявля́ть вне закон
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