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   Out·law

   /ˈoutˌlô/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person who has broken the law, especially one who remains at large or is a fugitive: "bands of outlaws held up trains"
   • ▪ an intractable horse or other animal.
   • ▪ a person deprived of the benefit and protection of the law.

   verb

   • 1. ban or make illegal: "Maryland outlawed cheap small-caliber pistols" Similar banbarprohibitforbidvetoembargoboycottmake illegaldisallowproscribeinterdictbanishexilecast outexcludeexpelshut outrepudiatecondemnput a price on someone's headOpposite permitallow
   • ▪ deprive (someone) of the benefit and protection of the law: "he lost the estate in 1626, having been outlawed for nonpayment of debts"

   Word Origin late Old Englishūtlaga (noun), ūtlagian (verb), from Old Norse útlagi, noun from útlagr ‘outlawed or banished’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. outlawry noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   • U

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   • L

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