"outlaw" meaning in English

See outlaw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈaʊt.lɔː/ [UK], /ˈaʊt.lɔ/ [US], /ˈaʊt.lɑ/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˈæɔt.loː/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-au-outlaw.ogg [Australia] Forms: outlaws [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊtlɔː 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|outlawe}} Middle English outlawe, {{m|enm|outlagh}} outlagh, {{m|enm|utlaȝe}} utlaȝe, {{inh|en|ang|ūtlaga|t=outlaw}} Old English ūtlaga (“outlaw”), {{der|en|non|útlagi|t=outlaw, fugitive}} Old Norse útlagi (“outlaw, fugitive”), {{af|en|out-|law}} out- + law, {{cog|is|útlagi|t=outlaw}} Icelandic útlagi (“outlaw”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} outlaw (plural outlaws)
  1. A fugitive from the law. Categories (topical): People, Prostitution Synonyms (fugitive): absconder, fugitive Translations (a fugitive from the law): беглец (beglec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 逃犯 (táofàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 亡命徒 (wángmìngtú) (Chinese Mandarin), fredløs [common-gender] (Danish), vogelvrije (Dutch), eksterleĝulo (Esperanto), eksterleĝulino (Esperanto), lindprii (Estonian), lainsuojaton (Finnish), hors-la-loi (French), gallofo [masculine] (Galician), foraxido [masculine] (Galician), Verfemter [masculine, rare] (German), Outlaw [masculine] (German), Gesetzloser [masculine] (German), παράνομος (paránomos) [masculine] (Greek), φυγάς (fygás) [masculine] (Greek), törvényen kívüli (Hungarian), útlagi [masculine] (Icelandic), fuorilegge [masculine] (Italian), 逃亡者 (tōbōsha) (alt: とうぼうしゃ) (Japanese), 逃亡犯 (tōbōhan) (alt: とうぼうはん) (Japanese), 逃走者 (tōsōsha) (alt: とうそうしゃ) (Japanese), 逃走犯 (tōsōhan) (alt: とうそうはん) (Japanese), proscriptus [masculine] (Latin), бе́галец (bégalec) [masculine] (Macedonian), tangata hara (Maori), proscrit [masculine] (Norman), ūtlaga [masculine] (Old English), fora-de-lei [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), fugar [masculine] (Romanian), престу́пник (prestúpnik) [masculine] (Russian), престу́пница (prestúpnica) [feminine] (Russian), разбо́йник (razbójnik) [masculine] (Russian), разбо́йница (razbójnica) [feminine] (Russian), razbojnik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), odmetnik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), izopćenik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), forajido [masculine] (Spanish), fredlös [common-gender] (Swedish), taunlabas (Tagalog), gŵr deol [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-outlaw-en-noun-en:fugitive Disambiguation of People: 11 22 27 0 9 11 5 15 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 10 23 23 3 7 7 4 21 0 2 0 Disambiguation of 'fugitive': 54 8 20 3 3 7 5 Disambiguation of 'a fugitive from the law': 85 6 4 1 1 2 1
  2. (history) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty. Categories (topical): History, Crime, People, Prostitution Synonyms (criminal): bandit, wolf's head Hypernyms (criminal): criminal Translations (person without legal rights): fredløs [common-gender] (Danish), vogelvrije (Dutch), lainsuojaton (Finnish), Ächtung (German), persoană fără de lege [feminine] (Romanian), изго́й (izgój) [masculine] (Russian), изгна́нник (izgnánnik) [masculine] (Russian), изгна́нница (izgnánnica) [feminine] (Russian), отве́рженный (otvéržennyj) [masculine] (Russian), отве́рженная (otvéržennaja) [feminine] (Russian), fredlös [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-outlaw-en-noun-en:criminal Disambiguation of Crime: 12 42 11 4 3 4 2 21 0 2 0 Disambiguation of People: 11 22 27 0 9 11 5 15 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 10 23 23 3 7 7 4 21 0 2 0 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'criminal': 22 78 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'criminal': 21 79 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'person without legal rights': 5 49 25 1 0 5 15
  3. A person who operates outside established norms. Categories (topical): People, Prostitution Synonyms (person who operates outside established norms): anti-hero, deviant
    Sense id: en-outlaw-en-noun-en:person_who_operates_outside_established_norms Disambiguation of People: 11 22 27 0 9 11 5 15 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 10 23 23 3 7 7 4 21 0 2 0 Disambiguation of 'person who operates outside established norms': 3 6 79 1 0 5 6
  4. A wild horse. Translations (wild horse): мустанг (mustang) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 野馬 (Chinese Mandarin), 野马 (yěmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), villihevonen (Finnish), αγριάλογο (agriálogo) [neuter] (Greek), му́станг (mústang) [masculine] (Macedonian), ди́кая ло́шадь (díkaja lóšadʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-outlaw-en-noun-en:wild_horse Disambiguation of 'wild horse': 1 1 1 97 1 0 0
  5. (humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage. Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-outlaw-en-noun-lm1ghNiz
  6. (humorous) One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial. Tags: humorous Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-outlaw-en-noun-la2bE~oG Disambiguation of People: 11 22 27 0 9 11 5 15 0 0 0
  7. (slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp. Tags: slang Hypernyms (prostitute): prostitute
    Sense id: en-outlaw-en-noun-en:prostitute Disambiguation of 'prostitute': 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: outlaw country, outlawish

Verb

IPA: /ˈaʊt.lɔː/ [UK], /ˈaʊt.lɔ/ [US], /ˈaʊt.lɑ/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˈæɔt.loː/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-au-outlaw.ogg [Australia] Forms: outlaws [present, singular, third-person], outlawing [participle, present], outlawed [participle, past], outlawed [past]
Rhymes: -aʊtlɔː 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|outlawe}} Middle English outlawe, {{m|enm|outlagh}} outlagh, {{m|enm|utlaȝe}} utlaȝe, {{inh|en|ang|ūtlaga|t=outlaw}} Old English ūtlaga (“outlaw”), {{der|en|non|útlagi|t=outlaw, fugitive}} Old Norse útlagi (“outlaw, fugitive”), {{af|en|out-|law}} out- + law, {{cog|is|útlagi|t=outlaw}} Icelandic útlagi (“outlaw”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} outlaw (third-person singular simple present outlaws, present participle outlawing, simple past and past participle outlawed)
  1. To declare illegal. Categories (topical): People, Prostitution Translations (to declare illegal): обявявам извън закона (objavjavam izvǎn zakona) (Bulgarian), 宣告非法 (xuāngào fēifǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), kriminalisere (Danish), julistaa laittomaksi (Finnish), kieltää (Finnish), ächten (German), útlægja (Icelandic), ūtlagian (Old English), объявля́ть вне зако́на (obʺjavljátʹ vne zakóna) [imperfective] (Russian), ilegalizar (Spanish), kriminalisera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-outlaw-en-verb-7pHUTK~z Disambiguation of People: 11 22 27 0 9 11 5 15 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 10 23 23 3 7 7 4 21 0 2 0 Disambiguation of 'to declare illegal': 98 0 2 0
  2. To place a ban upon. Translations (to place a ban on): острахирам (ostrahiram) (Bulgarian), banlyse (Danish), verbannen (German), útlægja (Icelandic), ūtlagian (Old English), bannlysa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-outlaw-en-verb-nu6BysGP Disambiguation of 'to place a ban on': 0 100 0 0
  3. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
    Sense id: en-outlaw-en-verb-U5pcFV5P
  4. To deprive of legal force.
    Sense id: en-outlaw-en-verb-bLIOTkx5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: criminalize, felonize, misdemeanorize

Inflected forms

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          "word": "hors-la-loi"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Verfemter"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "paránomos",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "παράνομος"
        },
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fygás",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
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          "alt": "とうぼうしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tōbōsha",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
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          "alt": "とうぼうはん",
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          "alt": "とうそうしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tōsōsha",
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          "alt": "とうそうはん",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tōsōhan",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "word": "逃走犯"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "proscriptus"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fora-de-lei"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "fugar"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prestúpnik",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "престу́пник"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prestúpnica",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "престу́пница"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razbójnik",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "разбо́йник"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 4 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razbójnica",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "разбо́йница"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 4 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "razbojnik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 4 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "odmetnik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 4 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "izopćenik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 4 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "forajido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 4 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fredlös"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "word": "taunlabas"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gŵr deol"
        }
      ]
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          "name": "History",
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          "sense": "person without legal rights",
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          "_dis1": "5 49 25 1 0 5 15",
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          "roman": "otvéržennyj",
          "sense": "person without legal rights",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
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          "roman": "otvéržennaja",
          "sense": "person without legal rights",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "person without legal rights",
          "tags": [
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            "Life",
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          "text": "The main character in the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.",
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "wild horse",
          "word": "野馬"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 0 0",
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        },
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          "sense": "wild horse",
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        },
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          "sense": "wild horse",
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          ],
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        },
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "roman": "díkaja lóšadʹ",
          "sense": "wild horse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ди́кая ло́шадь"
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        "(humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage."
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          "ref": "1977, Joseph Julian, Social Problems, page 463",
          "text": "Without a pimp, she was an \"outlaw,\" likely to be harassed, or threatened with assault or robbery on the street.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Lawrence Block, Eight Million Ways To Die",
          "text": "She was an outlaw. Chance is doing some double-checking to see if she had a pimp nobody knew about, but it doesn't look likely.",
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        }
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        [
          "prostitute",
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        [
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          "alone"
        ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp."
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
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      "ipa": "/ˈaʊt.lɔː/",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊtlɔː"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaʊt.lɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaʊt.lɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæɔt.loː/",
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈaʊt.lɔ/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈaʊt.lɑ/",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈæɔt.loː/",
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        "2": "outlagh"
      },
      "expansion": "outlagh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "utlaȝe"
      },
      "expansion": "utlaȝe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ūtlaga",
        "t": "outlaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ūtlaga (“outlaw”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "útlagi",
        "t": "outlaw, fugitive"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse útlagi (“outlaw, fugitive”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "out-",
        "3": "law"
      },
      "expansion": "out- + law",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "útlagi",
        "t": "outlaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic útlagi (“outlaw”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "outlaws",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "outlaw (plural outlaws)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense": "criminal",
      "word": "criminal"
    },
    {
      "sense": "prostitute",
      "word": "prostitute"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A fugitive from the law."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fugitive",
          "fugitive"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:fugitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:History"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "history",
          "history"
        ],
        [
          "criminal",
          "criminal"
        ],
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "rights",
          "rights"
        ],
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
        ],
        [
          "at will",
          "at will"
        ],
        [
          "penalty",
          "penalty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(history) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:criminal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The main character in the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who operates outside established norms."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "norms",
          "norms"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:person who operates outside established norms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A wild horse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wild",
          "wild"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:wild horse"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English humorous terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An in-law: a relative by marriage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "in-law",
          "in-law"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English humorous terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "in-law",
          "in-law"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977, Joseph Julian, Social Problems, page 463",
          "text": "Without a pimp, she was an \"outlaw,\" likely to be harassed, or threatened with assault or robbery on the street.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Lawrence Block, Eight Million Ways To Die",
          "text": "She was an outlaw. Chance is doing some double-checking to see if she had a pimp nobody knew about, but it doesn't look likely.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ],
        [
          "alone",
          "alone"
        ],
        [
          "pimp",
          "pimp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:prostitute"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaʊt.lɔː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊtlɔː"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaʊt.lɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaʊt.lɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæɔt.loː/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-outlaw.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/En-au-outlaw.ogg/En-au-outlaw.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/En-au-outlaw.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "fugitive",
      "word": "absconder"
    },
    {
      "sense": "fugitive",
      "word": "fugitive"
    },
    {
      "sense": "criminal",
      "word": "bandit"
    },
    {
      "sense": "criminal",
      "word": "wolf's head"
    },
    {
      "sense": "person who operates outside established norms",
      "word": "anti-hero"
    },
    {
      "sense": "person who operates outside established norms",
      "word": "deviant"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "beglec",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "беглец"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "táofàn",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "逃犯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wángmìngtú",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "亡命徒"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fredløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "vogelvrije"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "eksterleĝulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "eksterleĝulino"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "lindprii"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "lainsuojaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "hors-la-loi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gallofo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foraxido"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "Verfemter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Outlaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gesetzloser"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paránomos",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παράνομος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fygás",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φυγάς"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "törvényen kívüli"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "útlagi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuorilegge"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうぼうしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōbōsha",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "逃亡者"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうぼうはん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōbōhan",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "逃亡犯"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうそうしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōsōsha",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "逃走者"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうそうはん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōsōhan",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "逃走犯"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proscriptus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bégalec",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бе́галец"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "tangata hara"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proscrit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ūtlaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fora-de-lei"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fugar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prestúpnik",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "престу́пник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prestúpnica",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "престу́пница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razbójnik",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "разбо́йник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razbójnica",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "разбо́йница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "razbojnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odmetnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "izopćenik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forajido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fredlös"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "word": "taunlabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a fugitive from the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gŵr deol"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person without legal rights",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fredløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person without legal rights",
      "word": "vogelvrije"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person without legal rights",
      "word": "lainsuojaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person without legal rights",
      "word": "Ächtung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person without legal rights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persoană fără de lege"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izgój",
      "sense": "person without legal rights",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "изго́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izgnánnik",
      "sense": "person without legal rights",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "изгна́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izgnánnica",
      "sense": "person without legal rights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изгна́нница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvéržennyj",
      "sense": "person without legal rights",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отве́рженный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvéržennaja",
      "sense": "person without legal rights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отве́рженная"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person without legal rights",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fredlös"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mustang",
      "sense": "wild horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мустанг"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "wild horse",
      "word": "野馬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yěmǎ",
      "sense": "wild horse",
      "word": "野马"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wild horse",
      "word": "villihevonen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agriálogo",
      "sense": "wild horse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αγριάλογο"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mústang",
      "sense": "wild horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "му́станг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "díkaja lóšadʹ",
      "sense": "wild horse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ди́кая ло́шадь"
    }
  ],
  "word": "outlaw"
}

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  "categories": [
    "en:Crime",
    "en:People",
    "en:Prostitution"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "outlawe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English outlawe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "outlagh"
      },
      "expansion": "outlagh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "utlaȝe"
      },
      "expansion": "utlaȝe",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ūtlaga",
        "t": "outlaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ūtlaga (“outlaw”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "útlagi",
        "t": "outlaw, fugitive"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "out-",
        "3": "law"
      },
      "expansion": "out- + law",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "útlagi",
        "t": "outlaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic útlagi (“outlaw”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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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    {
      "form": "outlaws",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "outlawing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "outlawed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "outlawed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "outlaw (third-person singular simple present outlaws, present participle outlawing, simple past and past participle outlawed)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "criminalize"
    },
    {
      "word": "felonize"
    },
    {
      "word": "misdemeanorize"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To declare illegal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "declare",
          "declare"
        ],
        [
          "illegal",
          "illegal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016-08-15, “'Zombie knives' ban to come into force”, in BBC News",
          "text": "The legal change in England and Wales will outlaw selling, manufacturing, renting or importing zombie knives.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To place a ban upon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ],
        [
          "ban",
          "ban"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to outlaw a debt or claim",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "jurisdiction",
          "jurisdiction"
        ],
        [
          "enforcement",
          "enforcement"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To deprive of legal force."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deprive",
          "deprive"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaʊt.lɔː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊtlɔː"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaʊt.lɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaʊt.lɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæɔt.loː/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-outlaw.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/En-au-outlaw.ogg/En-au-outlaw.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/En-au-outlaw.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "objavjavam izvǎn zakona",
      "sense": "to declare illegal",
      "word": "обявявам извън закона"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuāngào fēifǎ",
      "sense": "to declare illegal",
      "word": "宣告非法"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to declare illegal",
      "word": "kriminalisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to declare illegal",
      "word": "julistaa laittomaksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to declare illegal",
      "word": "kieltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to declare illegal",
      "word": "ächten"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to declare illegal",
      "word": "útlægja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to declare illegal",
      "word": "ūtlagian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obʺjavljátʹ vne zakóna",
      "sense": "to declare illegal",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "объявля́ть вне зако́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to declare illegal",
      "word": "ilegalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to declare illegal",
      "word": "kriminalisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ostrahiram",
      "sense": "to place a ban on",
      "word": "острахирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to place a ban on",
      "word": "banlyse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to place a ban on",
      "word": "verbannen"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to place a ban on",
      "word": "útlægja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to place a ban on",
      "word": "ūtlagian"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to place a ban on",
      "word": "bannlysa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "outlaw"
}

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