outlaw

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A fugitive from the law.
2. A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.
3. A person who operates outside established norms.
4. A wild or violent animal, such as a horse.
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.

Verb

1. (transitive) To declare illegal.
2. (transitive) To place a ban upon.
3. (transitive) To make or declare (a person) an outlaw.
4. (transitive) To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
5. To deprive of legal force.

Sinonieme

bandit

proscribe

criminal

criminalize

illegalize

ban

forbid

prohibit

brigand

outcast

criminalise

unlawful

felon

robber

crook

illicit

illegalise

interdict

malefactor

gangster

taboo

thief

outlawed

illegitimate

lawless

housebreaker

illegal

mugger

murderer

negate

nix

off-limits

ostracise

out

out-of-bounds

pickpocket

prohibited

proscribed

rapparee

rebel

recant

recidivist

refuse

renegade

restricted

rioter

robbers

ruffian

shoplifter

suppress

Vertalings

hors-la-loi

fuorilegge

bandito

bandit

proscribir

bandido

vogelvrije

proscrire

παράνομος

forajido

brigante

ächten

criminale

Bandit

proscritto

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈaʊt.lɔː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: outlawe

Geërf van Old English: ūtlaga

Verwante met Yslands: útlagi

In summary

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”).