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outlaw

noun
/ˈaʊt.lɔː/UK/ˈaʊt.lɔ/US/ˈaʊt.lɑ/

Etymology

From Middle English outlawe, outlagh, utlaȝe, from Old English ūtlaga (“outlaw”), borrowed from Old Norse útlagi (“outlaw, fugitive”), equivalent to out- + law. Cognate with Icelandic útlagi (“outlaw”).

  1. derived from útlagi — “outlaw, fugitive”
  2. inherited from ūtlaga — “outlaw”
  3. inherited from outlawe

Definitions

  1. A fugitive from the law.

    • “I am going to a certain tower, one of three that were built in my grandsire’s time to guard Lantern Waste against certain perilous outlaws who dwelled there in his day. […]"

  2. A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights

    A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.

  3. 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.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. A wild or violent animal, such as a horse.

    2. An in-law

      An in-law: a relative by marriage.

    3. One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial.

    4. A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.

      • Without a pimp, she was an "outlaw," likely to be harassed, or threatened with assault or robbery on the street.
      • She was an outlaw. Chance is doing some double-checking to see if she had a pimp nobody knew about, but it doesn't look likely.

    5. To declare illegal.

    6. To place a ban upon.

      • The legal change in England and Wales will outlaw selling, manufacturing, renting or importing zombie knives.

    7. To make or declare (a person) an outlaw.

      • Eirik and his people were outlawed at Thorsnes Thing.
      • AB has now gone beyond her original stance against gays as teachers and is now advocating a federal law to outlaw gays, a law which would override state law in the 19 states which have consenting adults sex laws.

    8. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.

      • to outlaw a debt or claim

    9. To deprive of legal force.

      • our English common law was outlawed in those parts.

    10. A surname transferred from the nickname.

      • In the book, Nathan Outlaw offers helpful advice and tips on buying the freshest fish and shellfish in a sustainably responsible way.

The neighborhood

Derived

outlaw country, outlawdom, outlawish, outlawism, outlawness, outlawry, outlaw state

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for outlaw. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA