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# outlaw

«outlaw» in Mova's school dictionary: **running away from it, especially in old stories** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an outlaw, outlaws); verb (outlaw, outlaws, outlawed, outlawing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who has broken the law and is running away from it, especially in old stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#m1)

2) (verb) To make something against the law; to ban it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and history an outlaw lives outside the law, like Robin Hood or the bandits of the Wild West. In everyday news, a government may outlaw something dangerous or unfair. Phrases: an outlaw band, outlaw a practice, be outlawed.

### examples

- Robin Hood was an outlaw who lived in Sherwood Forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#x1)
- The sheriff chased the outlaws across the desert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#x2)
- Many countries have outlawed child labour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#x3)
- Smoking is outlawed inside restaurants here. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#x4)
- The outlaw hid in the hills with stolen gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#x5)
- The school outlawed phones in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#x6)
- There were nearly a hundred of these outlaws, and their leader was a bold fellow called Robin Hood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#x7)

### note

As a verb it means ban, not «become an outlaw». Past form outlawed. The noun stresses OUT-law. Outlaws in stories can be heroes or villains.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «outlaw» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.