outlawry

Definition of outlawrynext

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Recent Examples of outlawry Plot summary The movie is set in Chicago in the 1930s, a time of economic deprivation and bold gangsterism and outlawry. Alison Eldridge, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlawry
Noun
  • Police sources say no criminality is suspected.
    Elle McLogan, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • That case did not involve any allegations of criminality or wrongdoing by Newsom or his wife.
    Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • The Battle of the Alamo was one of the most monumental conflicts of the Texas Revolution, a rebellion that ended in Texas becoming independent from Mexico and establishing itself as a republic for nearly a decade before US statehood.
    Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • In the press release for the album, you were quoted using the word rebellion when talking about rock and roll.
    Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The seeds of mutiny are detectable.
    Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
  • Within six months, Richards’ side of the group staged a mutiny, locked Diekmann in his apartment, and forced him to relinquish control.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Shares have jumped 80% in the year to date as an ongoing memory supply crunch accelerates the adoption of lithography equipment for the production of semiconductors required to power the AI revolution.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 22 June 2026
  • Haitian soldiers seasoned on American battlefields during the revolution later sparked Haiti’s overthrow of French colonial rule, depriving France of its most profitable slave colony and ending one of the most brutal enslavement of human beings in modern world history.
    Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • There’s a sketch centered on one of David’s characters not being invited to the Boston Tea Party, as if the rebellious uprising was just another dinner party.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 June 2026
  • More recent scholarship has emphasized the complexity of the uprising.
    Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Haiti also did it without playing a single qualifying match in Haiti because of unrest.
    Amna Subhan for the AJC, AJC.com, 23 June 2026
  • Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party retained its large parliamentary majority in recent elections overshadowed by unrest in Africa’s second-most-populous country.
    Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • His Yanks might have won the World Series in 1994, Showalter’s third year, if that World Series hadn’t been canceled by labor strife.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • The tabloids have been extra vicious of late regarding your family strife.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • At least 17 people have died, most of them linked to a lack of medical care caused by transportation disruptions, according to Bolivia’s ombudsman’s office and human rights organizations.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 June 2026
  • At least 17 people have died, at least seven due a lack of medical care caused by transportation disruptions, according to Bolivia’s ombudsman’s office and human rights organizations.
    Paola Flores, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026

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“Outlawry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlawry. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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