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Outlaw vs Bandolero - What's the difference?

outlaw | bandolero |

As nouns the difference between outlaw and bandolero

is that outlaw is a fugitive from the law while bandolero is an outlaw or bandit, specially of spain or mexico.

As a verb outlaw

is to declare illegal.

outlaw

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fugitive from the law.
  • A person who is excluded from normal legal rights.
  • A person who operates outside established norms.
    • The main character of the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.
  • A wild horse.
  • (humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.

    • Synonyms

    * (person that operates outside established norms) anti-hero

    Verb

    (outlaw)
  • To declare illegal
  • To place a ban upon
  • To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
    • to outlaw a debt or claim
  • To deprive of legal force.
    • Laws outlawed by necessity. — Fuller.

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    bandolero

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An outlaw or bandit, specially of Spain or Mexico.
  • * 1984 , James W. Daddysman, The Matamoros trade: Confederate commerce, diplomacy, and intrigue
    • Mexico was torn by revolutionary turmoil, and the eastern border state of Tamaulipas was unable to control the bandoleros who plundered and murdered...
  • * 1997 , Marcel Montecino, Sacred Heart
    • A bandolero was stuffing the bloodstained pesos into his shirt.
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