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outlaw

/out-law/US // ˈaʊtˌlɔ //UK // (ˈaʊtˌlɔː) //

不法分子,不法之徒,歹徒,取缔役

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
    • : a person, group, or thing excluded from the benefits and protection of the law.
    • : a person under sentence of outlawry.
    • : a person who refuses to be governed by the established rules or practices of any group; rebel; nonconformist: one of the outlaws of country music.
    • : Chiefly Western U.S. a horse that cannot be broken; a mean, intractable horse.any rogue animal.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make unlawful or illegal: The Eighteenth Amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating beverages in the U.S.
    • : to deprive of thebenefits and protection of the law: Members of guerrilla bands who refused to surrender were outlawed.
    • : to prohibit: to outlaw smoking in a theater.
    • : to remove from legal jurisdiction; deprive of legal force.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of an outlaw.

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Examples

  • Since the new regulations outlawed surface expressions last year, more than two dozen have occurred in Kern County, the heart of the state’s oil industry.

  • While the industry has grown enormously—the value of Bitcoin in circulation is now worth over $200 billion—and made inroads into traditional finance, crypto has not entirely shaken its outlaw reputation.

  • Nationwide, single-family zoning was created just after the Supreme Court outlawed cities from adopting zoning plans that segregated areas explicitly by race.

  • Meanwhile, Burleson also invoked the Espionage Act to ban circulation of anti-war materials and outlawed worker strikes, with Wilson’s encouragement.

  • Never mind that women were more likely than men to support outlawing booze.

  • Added Outlaw: "Just because you're at the beach doesn't mean you can't blow our minds."

  • And yet, no one in Rio is calling for the end of the campaign to reclaim the outlaw zones of the city.

  • The outlaw had a long white beard and looked like an intense Willie Nelson.

  • I first learned about the environmental dangers of growing pot from an old outlaw.

  • Many court watchers were expecting the justices to outlaw or seriously curtail all uses of race by government actors.

  • Before the outlaw can comply with this small request the horn sounds again.

  • In the meantime, the outlaw, having observed how much more cordially the tyrant is received than himself, has made his exit.

  • But a little earlier still, to be an Infidel was to be an outlaw, subject to the penalty of death.

  • He was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.

  • You know I am one of those illustrious unfortunates whom governments outlaw.