{
    "term": "outlaw",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "outlaw",
            "heSheIt": "outlaws"
        },
        "pastSimple": "outlawed",
        "pastParticiple": "outlawed",
        "ingForm": "outlawing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make something illegal",
            "sensetop": "outlaw something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "plans to outlaw the carrying of knives"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the outlawed nationalist party"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Commercial whaling has been outlawed by international agreement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was found to be a member of the outlawed rebel movement."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "ban",
            "topics": ["Law and justice"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "(in the past) to make somebody an outlaw",
            "sensetop": "outlaw somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaʊtlɔː/",
                "audio": "ou/outlaw/outlaw__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaʊtlɔːz/",
                "audio": "ou/outlaw/outlaws__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaʊtlɔːd/",
                "audio": "ou/outlaw/outlawed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaʊtlɔːɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ou/outlaw/outlawing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaʊtlɔː/",
                "audio": "ou/outlaw/outlaw__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaʊtlɔːz/",
                "audio": "ou/outlaw/outlaws__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaʊtlɔːd/",
                "audio": "ou/outlaw/outlawed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaʊtlɔːɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ou/outlaw/outlawing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Old English ūtlaga (noun), ūtlagian (verb), from Old Norse útlagi, noun from útlagr ‘outlawed or banished’."
}