I'm sure everyone hearing this is familiar with the word outlaw.

It mostly is used as a synonym for criminal.

However, if I can paraphrase Enigo Montoya from the Princess Bride,

that word does not mean what you think it means.

Learn more about the ancient punishment of outlawry

and how it was used throughout the world and throughout history

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. The episode is sponsored by audible.com. My audiobook recommendation today is

The Natorious Reno Gang, The Wild Story of the West's First Brotherhood of Thieves,

Assassins, and Train Robbers by Rachel Dickinson.

They were the first outlaws to rob a moving train, but from 1864 to 1868, the Reno

Brothers and their gang of Confederates, robbers, burglars and Safecrackers,

also held the town of Seymour, Indiana hostage,

making a large hotel near the train station, their headquarters.

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show notes. When you hear the term outlaw you think of criminals, perhaps from the Old West and names like Billy the Kid or Jesse James.

If you're Australian, you might think of Ned Kelly.

As most people understand the term today, an outlaw... If you're Australian, you might think of Ned Kelly.

As most people understand the term today, an outlaw is someone who has violated the law,

or who has done things outside the law.

That certainly is true, at least in terms of the contemporary use of the word. However the word

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