outlawry

noun

Definition of outlawrynext
as in criminality

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Recent Examples of outlawry Because, until the law learns to bend, robots as actors will remain in a no man’s land of outlawry. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 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
  1. criminality
  2. rebellion
  3. mutiny
  4. revolution
  5. uprising
  6. unrest
  7. strife
  8. disruption
Noun
  • Van Houten ultimately determined the allegations did not warrant charges because of a lack of criminality.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Law enforcement officials are investigating, but the NYPD said there is no criminality at this time.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of criminality
Noun
  • At this point, my rebellion had evolved to become more than just a quiet resistance.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In such trivial moments of rebellion, the seeds of resistance are sown.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of rebellion
Noun
  • Its leader, Sergei Mironov, 73, once gained headlines by posing with a symbol of brutality — a sledgehammer given to him by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the late Wagner mercenary leader shortly before his failed 2023 mutiny.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Step aboard the Grampus, a whaleship gone adrift after a storm, rations running out and a violent mutiny, and learn what happened to its ghost whalers.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of mutiny
Noun
  • Major technology revolutions have always triggered dramatic boom-bust cycles.
    — RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Few contemporary authors embody that idea more than Becky Chambers, whose stories imagine alternative futures—not through grand revolutions or galaxy-spanning battles but through ordinary people trying to care for one another.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of revolution
Noun
  • Taiwan’s National Day is held on the anniversary ‌of a 1911 uprising that led to ​the overthrow of China’s last imperial dynasty and the establishment of ‌the Republic of China.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Washington hoped that assassinating Khamenei would prompt a mass antigovernment uprising.
    — Narges Bajoghli, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of uprising
Noun
  • The island, known for its luxury beach resorts, last experienced similar unrest in 1999, when the death of a popular musician in police custody sparked days of rioting.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Israel and Western countries then boycotted its government, fueling months of unrest and fighting that led to the Hamas takeover of Gaza the next year.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of unrest
Noun
  • Given the financial pressures, the impact of how responsibilities and costs should be distributed is causing more strife.
    — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The world of stand-up comedy is in another round of internal strife.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of strife
Noun
  • Environmental disruption from potential commercial mining could disrupt these viral communities.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Use a current news event, industry disruption or legal decision as the prompt, then build a framework, analysis, guide or project plan around it.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of disruption

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“Outlawry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlawry. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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