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 property tax rebellion is part of a broader push on both the right and left to give tax exemptions to seniors, workers who rely on tips, and the bottom 50% of the country to address cost-of-living pressures.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
  • House Democrats are betting that a future Speaker Hakeem Jeffries wouldn’t struggle with the type of aisle-crossing rebellion that’s often vexed current Speaker Mike Johnson.
    Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 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
  • Then, as things started to change politically in England, there was the beginning of that feeling of an uprising by the serfs against the aristocracy and the landowners, and this cultural hero rocking the boat and stealing from the rich to give to the poor started to be birthed.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 17 June 2026
  • There was also a growing belief among prison officials, around the time of the Attica prison uprising, that being more responsive to prisoners' concerns would reduce the likelihood of violence or rioting.
    Christie Thompson, NPR, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • With one eye on opportunities tied to staggering technological advances, massive investments and soaring equity markets, and the other on inflation, global unrest and rising risks, businesses are choosing to build while the building is good.
    Scott Cohn, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • He was initially paid to post anti-Islam posters and graffiti in Muslim neighborhoods of London, an apparent attempt to stoke unrest.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 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 23 Jun. 2026.

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