Wondering how to use Outlawry in a sentence? Below are 4 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as lawlessness or illegality.
Outlawry in a sentence
Outlawry meaning
- A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction.
- The state of being an outlaw; lawlessness.
Synonyms of Outlawry
Using Outlawry
- The main meaning on this page is: A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction. | The state of being an outlaw; lawlessness.
- Useful related words include: lawlessness, illegality.
- In the example corpus, outlawry often appears in combinations such as: of outlawry.
Context around Outlawry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Outlawry
- In this selection, "outlawry" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, escapes and acht stand out and add context to how "outlawry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include career of outlawry is decisively and concept of outlawry acht. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "outlawry" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with outlawry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The generality of Nigerians can no longer stomach their outlawry. (10 words)
This practice could have been a holdover from the ancient Germanic legal concept of outlawry (Acht). (16 words)
Many sagas of Icelanders are about feuds between families and their supporters; they give graphic accounts of fights, escapes, outlawry, and reconciliation. (22 words)
Like Nemo, Ker Karraje plays "host" to unwilling French guests—but unlike Nemo, who manages to elude all pursuers, Karraje's career of outlawry is decisively ended by the combination of an international task force and the rebellion of his French captives. (42 words)
Many sagas of Icelanders are about feuds between families and their supporters; they give graphic accounts of fights, escapes, outlawry, and reconciliation. (22 words)
This practice could have been a holdover from the ancient Germanic legal concept of outlawry (Acht). (16 words)
Example sentences (4)
The generality of Nigerians can no longer stomach their outlawry.
Many sagas of Icelanders are about feuds between families and their supporters; they give graphic accounts of fights, escapes, outlawry, and reconciliation.
Like Nemo, Ker Karraje plays "host" to unwilling French guests—but unlike Nemo, who manages to elude all pursuers, Karraje's career of outlawry is decisively ended by the combination of an international task force and the rebellion of his French captives.
This practice could have been a holdover from the ancient Germanic legal concept of outlawry (Acht).
Common combinations with outlawry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of outlawry 2×