outlaw
noun/ˈaʊtlɔː/
/ˈaʊtlɔː/
- (used especially about people in the past) a person who has done something illegal and is hiding to avoid being caught; a person who is not protected by the law
- Robin Hood, the world’s most famous outlaw
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOutlaw is used before these nouns:- regime
Word Originlate Old English ūtlaga (noun), ūtlagian (verb), from Old Norse útlagi, noun from útlagr ‘outlawed or banished’.Definitions on the go
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