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# outlaw

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

«outlaw» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who has broken the law and is running away from it, especially in old stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#m1)
2. (verb) To make something against the law; to ban it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#x1)
- The sheriff chased the outlaws across the desert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#x2)
- Many countries have outlawed child labour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#x3)
- Smoking is outlawed inside restaurants here. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#x4)
- The outlaw hid in the hills with stolen gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/#x5)
- The school outlawed phones in class. [tree →](https://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://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «outlaw» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outlaw/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«outlaw» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/outlaw.html) on Mova free.