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verb

Outlaw v. t. (past & past part. outlawed; pres. part. outlawing)

To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw.

To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force. "Laws outlawed by necessity."

To render illegal; to ban, prohibit, or proscribe under sanction of some penalty.

adjective

outlawed adj.

Contrary to or forbidden by law; banned; illicit; as, a member of an outlawed political party.

Synonyms: illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(prenominal), unlawful.

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Etymology of 'Outlawed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Outlawed" Quotes from Famous Books

... Arendt Persson was a rascal. He received him kindly, but when he slept harnessed his horse and went to Mans Nilsson, a neighbor, with the news: the King's reward would make them both rich, if he would help him seize the outlawed man. ...

— Hero Tales of the Far North • Jacob A. Riis

... possessing two hundred and eighty manors, but he did not attend the Court. This displeased William, who sent forth a decree that every baron who did not attend the festival at Whitsuntide should be outlawed. The Earl paid no attention to this; and as he was engaged with other nobles in a conspiracy to dethrone William, the monarch brought his army into Northumbria, besieged and took the fortress at Newcastle, went on to Tynemouth, and then to Bamborough ...

— Grace Darling - Heroine of the Farne Islands • Eva Hope

... stopped, turned back, folded his arms, drew up his form to its full height, and exclaimed, "Peace, ye yelping curs! who open upon a cry which ye followed not when the stag was at bay—De Bracy scorns your censure as he would disdain your applause. To your brakes and caves, ye outlawed thieves! and be silent when aught knightly or noble is but spoken within a league of ...

— Ivanhoe - A Romance • Walter Scott

... how to defend the country, but what punishment they shall inflict upon Ah Kurroo. There is a difference of opinion. Some hold that the established penalty for his offence is to break his wings and hurl him helpless from the top of the tallest elm. Some, more merciful, are for banishment, that he be outlawed, and compelled to build his nest and roost on an isolated tree, exposed to all the insults of the crows. The older members of the council, great sticklers for tradition, maintain that the ancient and only adequate punishment is the hanging up of the offender ...

— Wood Magic - A Fable • Richard Jefferies

... absolution. The Attorney-General brought the matter before the Court of King's Bench. Collier had now made up his mind not to give bail for his appearance before any court which derived its authority from the usurper. He accordingly absconded and was outlawed. He survived these events about thirty years. The prosecution was not pressed; and he was soon suffered to resume his literary pursuits in quiet. At a later period, many attempts were made to shake his perverse integrity by offers of wealth and dignity, but in vain. When ...

— Critical and Historical Essays Volume 2 • Thomas Babington Macaulay

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