outlaw

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

hors-la-loi

bandit

proscrire

criminel

criminaliser

malfrat

mettre hors-la-loi

scélérat

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malfaiteur

proscrit

forban

frapper d’ostracisme

hors la loi

mettre hors la loi

proscrite

rendre illégal

brigand

condamner

illégal

illégitime

illicite

interdire

banni

bannie

délinquant

Synonymes

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

Traductions

fuorilegge

bandito

bandido

vogelvrije

proscribir

forajido

παράνομος

bandiet

proscrever

proscritto

ächten

criminale

Bandit

brigante

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈaʊt.lɔː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: outlawe

Hérité de ancien anglais: ūtlaga

Appartenant à islandais: 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”).