outlaw

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈaʊt.lɔː/ Rhymes: -aʊtlɔː (US) IPA(key): /ˈaʊt.lɔ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈaʊt.lɑ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæɔt.loː/ === 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. A wild or violent animal, such as a 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (fugitive): absconder, fugitive (criminal): bandit, wolf's head (person who operates outside established norms): anti-hero, deviant ==== Hypernyms ==== (criminal): See Thesaurus:criminal (prostitute): See Thesaurus:prostitute ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === scofflaw === Verb === outlaw (third-person singular simple present outlaws, present participle outlawing, simple past and past participle outlawed) (transitive) To declare illegal. (transitive) To place a ban upon. (transitive) To make or declare (a person) an outlaw. (transitive) To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement. To deprive of legal force. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== criminalize felonize misdemeanorize === Further reading === “outlaw”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “outlaw”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “outlaw”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.