Outlaw - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈaʊtlɔː|
Brit.
|ˈaʊtlɔː|
noun
- someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime (syn: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor)
verb
adjective
- contrary to or forbidden by law (syn: illegitimate, illicit, unlawful)
an outlaw strike
- disobedient to or defiant of law (syn: lawless)Extra examples
Billy the Kid was one of the most famous outlaws of America's early history.
That type of gun was outlawed last year.
The government passed a bill outlawing the hiring of children under the age of 12.
The debt was outlawed by the statute of limitations.
The bill would have outlawed several types of guns.
...the outlaw nation had cloaked its chemical weapons plant as a fertilizer factory...
In three months you'll breathe a beggar and outlaw.
Blucher wanted to hang or shoot Napoleon as an outlaw.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: outlaw
he/she/it: outlaws
present participle: outlawing
past tense: outlawed
past participle: outlawed
I/you/we/they: outlaw
he/she/it: outlaws
present participle: outlawing
past tense: outlawed
past participle: outlawed
noun
singular: outlaw
plural: outlaws
singular: outlaw
plural: outlaws
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