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Meaning of outlawed

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

outlawed

verb

Definitions

  1. To declare illegal.

  2. To place a ban upon.

  3. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.

    Example: to outlaw a debt or claim

  4. To deprive of legal force.

    Example: Laws outlawed by necessity. — Fuller.

adjective

Definitions

  1. (of an act) put beyond the limits of the law, forbidden, against the law.

  2. (of a person) put beyond the limits of the law, declared an outlaw or declared a criminal.