🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

법외 추방

Pronunciation / Transliteration: beop-oe chubang

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Outlawry/ˈaʊt.lɔː.ri/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"중세 시대에 법외 추방은 가장 무거운 형벌 중 하나였습니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state of being an outlaw, or the action of declaring someone an outlaw.

    "In medieval England, outlawry meant the complete loss of civil rights and legal protection."
  2. 2

    Habitual lawlessness or criminal behavior operating outside the established legal framework.

    "The frontier town was plagued by a level of outlawry that the local sheriff could not control."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English and Old Norse roots, combining 'outlaw' (from Old Norse 'útlagr', meaning 'outside the law') with the suffix '-ry'. Historically rooted in medieval legal systems where an individual declared an outlaw was deprived of the protection of the law and could be lawfully killed or captured by anyone.

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