喜樂美語
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    As a noun, historically, someone who was declared outside the protection of the law and could be punished or hunted without the law protecting them; today used more loosely for a criminal living outside normal society, especially in old Western stories about cowboys and bandits. As a verb, to outlaw something means to make it officially illegal — "the city outlawed smoking in parks."

    （名詞）不法之徒、亡命之徒；（動詞）將…列為非法、明令禁止

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組成out (outside) + law — literally "outside the law."

同家族的字

  • lawoutlaw is built from out + law — someone put outside the protection of the law

原始詞典資料13 筆記錄

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Outlawname

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    A surname transferred from the nickname.

    • In the book, Nathan Outlaw offers helpful advice and tips on buying the freshest fish and shellfish in a sustainably responsible way.

outlawnoun/ˈaʊt.lɔː/

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    A fugitive from the law.

    • “I am going to a certain tower, one of three that were built in my grandsire’s time to guard Lantern Waste against certain perilous outlaws who dwelled there in his day. […]"
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    historyhuman-sciencessciencesA criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.

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    A person who operates outside established norms.

    • The main character in the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.
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    A wild or violent animal, such as a horse.

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    An in-law: a relative by marriage.

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    One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial.

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    slangA prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.

    • Without a pimp, she was an "outlaw," likely to be harassed, or threatened with assault or robbery on the street.
    • She was an outlaw. Chance is doing some double-checking to see if she had a pimp nobody knew about, but it doesn't look likely.

outlawverb/ˈaʊt.lɔː/

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    To declare illegal.

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    To place a ban upon.

    • The legal change in England and Wales will outlaw selling, manufacturing, renting or importing zombie knives.
    • And outlawing these AR-15s would not require confiscating them from people who already have them. Once you’ve made these weapons illegal, anyone found with one would be subject to arrest, since possession of these weapons would be a crime. I think it’s likely that you would see a lot of people opting to turn them in.
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    To make or declare (a person) an outlaw.

    • Eirik and his people were outlawed at Thorsnes Thing.
    • AB has now gone beyond her original stance against gays as teachers and is now advocating a federal law to outlaw gays, a law which would override state law in the 19 states which have consenting adults sex laws.
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    To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.

    • to outlaw a debt or claim
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    To deprive of legal force.

    • our English common law was outlawed in those parts.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。