SCLSCCsomeone who has done something illegal, and who is hiding in order to avoidpunishment – used especially about criminals in the past 不法之徒,逃犯〔尤指旧时的不法分子〕
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outlaw• But they have fewer qualms about accepting outlaws, who have frequently found solace within the ancienthilltop walls.• It is an outlawculture trying to play golf at Burning Tree.• Tall, trim and square of jaw, he looks more like a lawman than an outlaw.• She told me what she was looking for in the genealogy some kind of outlaw, I think.• Strangely, there is both the outlaw and the patriot in this formidablecricketer.• The armed and thirstyoutlaws were rising from their seats and moving towards her with janglingspurs and capguns.