OUTLAWRY Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

outlawry

noun

Definition of outlawry

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

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Noun

Election experts have said many instances of noncitizens registering to vote are a result of administrative error or confusion on the part of the immigrant — not intentional criminality.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Investigators, however, believe there was no criminality and that the cause was an electrical fire in one of the fifth-floor apartments.

— Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of criminality

Noun

As the competition unfolds, Haymitch risks everything to take down the Games from within the arena — setting in motion the rebellion that will change Panem forever.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026
My assumption that the guest speakers’ anti-Communist insurrection might resonate with today’s youth and their antisystem rebellion proved to be mistaken.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 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

For Middleton and Kate, George’s departure marked a small revolution.

— Ilaria Perrotta, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
Anthropic aims to realize these benefits while navigating and preventing the risks that come with a technological revolution this fast and this powerful.

— Robert Hart, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of revolution

Noun

Just weeks after the experiment ended, a prison uprising at Attica Correctional Facility in New York was thwarted with deadly force, resulting in 43 deaths.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
France's post-revolution history is not a solid story of protests and reforms, but of cycles of popular uprisings, repression, mobilization and political concessions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of uprising

Noun

The unrest began after high school students took to the streets last month to denounce poor conditions and resources at their campuses.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Those clashes came as social unrest has set Europe's streets ablaze from France and Italy to Spain and Portugal, fueled by youth frustration over the state of public education, social services and the high cost of housing.

— JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of unrest

Noun

The core elements—airy melodies, drug talk, copious ad-libs—are old hat, but frank tales of suburban ennui and romantic strife give the Minneapolis rapper’s latest album a refreshingly personal air.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
There have been reports of internal strife at the London bureau at CBS News over the tone of its Middle East coverage since Bari Weiss, a strong supporter of Israel, took over as the network’s editor in chief last year.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of strife

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Concerns over disruptions to oil flows have kept a geopolitical risk premium embedded in crude prices, with traders closely monitoring developments in the region.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
Although the time change is less stressful to the body in the fall, the disruption still has an impact.

— Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of disruption

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