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outlaw
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outlaw
v.
deprive of protection of the law; declare a criminal; pronounce illegal
n.
criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
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Outlaw
In historical legal systems, an outlaw is declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, the criminal is withdrawn all legal protection, so that anyone is legally empowered to persecute or kill them. Outlawry was thus one of the harshest penalties in the legal system. In early Germanic law, the death penalty is conspicuously absent, and outlawing is the most extreme punishment, presumably amounting to a death sentence in practice. The concept is known from Roman law, as the status of homo sacer, and persisted throughout the Middle Ages.
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outlaw
Noun
1. someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
(synonym) criminal, felon, crook, malefactor
(hypernym) wrongdoer, offender
(hyponym) accessory, accessary
(derivation) criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
Verb
1. declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."
(synonym) criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
(antonym) legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise
(hypernym) forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
(hyponym) ban, censor
(derivation) lawlessness, outlawry
Adjective
1. contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"
(synonym) illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(a), outlawed, unlawful
(similar) illegal
2. disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains"
(synonym) lawless, outlaw(a)
(similar) unlawful
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outlaw
v.
postavit mimo zákon
n.
zločinec; psanec
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outlaw
Czas.
zakazywać
Rzecz.
osoba wyjęta spod prawa; banita
