Meaning

7 senses
  1. A fugitive from the law.

    Verfemter, Outlaw, Gesetzloser

    престу́пникprestúpnik, престу́пницаprestúpnica, разбо́йникrazbójnik

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

    Ächtung

    изго́йizgój, изгна́нникizgnánnik, изгна́нницаizgnánnica

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

    ди́кая ло́шадьdíkaja lóšadʹ

  5. (humorous)An in-law: a relative by marriage.

  6. (humorous)One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial.

  7. (slang)A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.

More definitions
  • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Examples

47 sentences
  1. The outlaws escaped into the forest.

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  2. This should be outlawed.

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  3. Tom is an outlaw.

    ruТом — разбойник.

    deTom ist ein Gesetzloser.

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  4. I'm not against outlawing guns.

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  5. Are you an outlaw, too?

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
a fugitive from the law:
person without legal rights:
wild horse:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a fugitive from the law:
person without legal rights:

Origin

From Middle English outlawe, outlagh, utlaȝe, from Old English ūtlaga (“outlaw”), borrowed

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”).

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Forms

plural: outlaws
Singularoutlaw
Pluraloutlaws

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
person who operates outside established norms:deviantC2anti-hero
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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