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outlawry

/out-law-ree/US // ˈaʊtˌlɔ ri //UK // (ˈaʊtˌlɔːrɪ) //

违法行为,违法,违法乱纪,违法犯罪

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural out·law·ries.

    • : the act or process of outlawing.
    • : the state of being outlawed.
    • : disregard or defiance of the law: a man whose outlawry had made him a folk hero.

Examples

  • So that even the sentence of outlawry against the Christians did not affect the bodies of the dead.

  • He knew that this act would expose himself to outlawry and his family to ruin.

  • He was in a new world, and had not become wonted to it—the world of conscious crime—the world of outlawry.

  • Meanwhile there were moments when this sense of present outlawry brought with it a fierce and splendid joy.

  • When Thorir heard of it he was furious, and said that never should Grettir either go or come out of his outlawry.