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Outlawed   /ˈaʊtlˌɔd/   Listen
Outlawed

adjective
1.
Contrary to or forbidden by law.  Synonyms: illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, unlawful.  "Illicit trade" , "An outlaw strike" , "Unlawful measures"



Outlaw

verb
(past & past part. outlawed; pres. part. outlawing)
1.
Declare illegal; outlaw.  Synonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize.



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"Outlawed" Quotes from Famous Books



... creep over him at the mysterious language held by this outlawed and lawless bandit, which, in despite of his attempts to master it, deprived him of the proper to ask the meaning of his insinuations. A heath pallet, with the flowers stuck uppermost, had been prepared for him in a recess of the cave, and here, covered with such ...
— Waverley • Sir Walter Scott

... like Robin Hood, of whom we read in ballads, a captain of robbers and outlawed banditti; and in this situation he was found by Silvia, and in this manner it ...
— Tales from Shakespeare • Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb

... for him, and an electric light in a tent became a target he could not resist; wherefore he went into the sage brush and the short grass, seeking others of his kind, the human rattlesnake, the ranging coyote and the outlawed wolf. Joe Nevison rode with the Dalton gang, raided ranches and robbed banks with the McWhorters and held up stages as a lone highwayman. At least, so men said in the West, though no one could prove it, and at the opening of Lawton he appeared at ...
— In Our Town • William Allen White

... the outlawed Belesme was not slow to perceive the advantages nature had given to the place, when he sought to raise a fortress that should shield him from the wrath of his royal master, and he removed the materials, it is said, of his house at Quatbrigia—a bridge having, it is ...
— Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway - Illustrative and Descriptive of Places along the Line from - Worcester to Shrewsbury • J. Randall

... starved, O psalm-singer! You were doing well. Preaching, ha! ha! Preaching the miracle of the God in the manger, the baby of the maid. You prayed and travelled for the good of Christians. The time came when you practised that gospel. You married the daughter of a slave. Then they cast you off. They outlawed you. You were made meaner, Levin Purnell, ...
— Tales of the Chesapeake • George Alfred Townsend


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