Outlawdom

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state, condition, or jurisdiction of outlaws; lawlessness; outlaws collectively. uncountable

    "The suddenness of the whole proceeding, the change from the monotonous regularity of ship life to that of wild outlawdom, had taken him so much by surprise that it deprived him of speech."

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outlawry

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"The suddenness of the whole proceeding, the change from the monotonous regularity of ship life to that of wild outlawdom, had taken him so much by surprise that it deprived him of speech."

Etymology

From outlaw + -dom.

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