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1. (n.) outlaw
a lawless person or habitual criminal, esp. one who is a fugitive from the law.
2. outlaw
a person, group, etc., excluded from the benefits or protection of the law.
3. outlaw
a person or group that has been banned or restricted.
4. outlaw
a person who rebels against established rules or practices; nonconformist.
5. outlaw
Western U.S.
6. outlaw
a horse that cannot be broken.
7. outlaw
any rogue animal.
8. (v.t.) outlaw
to make unlawful or illegal.
9. outlaw
to deprive of the benefits and protection of the law.
10. outlaw
to prohibit:
to outlaw smoking in a theater.
11. outlaw
to remove from legal jurisdiction.
12. (adj.) outlaw
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an outlaw.
Etymology: (bef. 1150; OE ūtlaga < ON ūtlagi one outside the protection of the law)
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1. (adj) criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
2. (adj) illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(a), outlawed, unlawful
contrary to or forbidden by law
"an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"
3. (verb) lawless, outlaw(a)
disobedient to or defiant of law
"lawless bands roaming the plains"
4. (verb) outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
declare illegal; outlaw
"Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."
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1. (verb) outlaw
to make illegal
when the government outlawed medical marijuana
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Sense: a criminal, especially one who is punished by being refused the protection of the law.
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 Afrikaans: voëlvryverklaarde, misdad |
 Arabic: خارِج عن القانون، مُخالِف |
 Bulgarian: беглец |
 Brazilian: foragido |
 Czech: člověk mimo zákon |
 German: der/die Geächtete |
 Danish: fredløs |
 Greek: ο παράνομος, ο εκτός νόμο |
 Spanish: prófugo, fugitivo |
 Estonian: lindprii |
 Farsi: متمرد |
 Finnish: lainsuojaton |
 French: hors-la-loi |
 Hebrew: פּוֹשֵע מְבוּקָש |
 Hindi: विधि बहिष्कृत |
 Croatian: kriminalac, zlikovac |
 Hungarian: betyár |
 Indonesian: penjahat |
 Icelandic: útlagi |
 Italian: fuorilegge |
 Japanese: 無法者 |
 Korean: 범죄자 |
 Lithuanian: nusikaltėlis, įstatymo ne |
 Latvian: cilvēks ārpus likuma |
 Malay: penjahat |
 Dutch: vogelvrij verklaarde |
 Norwegian: fredløs; banditt |
 Polish: banita |
 Persian: مجرم، متمرد |
 Pashto: مجرم |
 Portuguese: foragido |
 Romanian: persoană în afara legii |
 Russian: человек вне закона; прест |
 Slovak: človek mimo zákona |
 Slovenian: izobčenec |
 Serbian: odmetnik |
 Swedish: fredlös, laglös |
 Thai: คนที่ทำผิดกฏหมาย |
 Turkish: kanun kaçağı, cani |
 Taiwanese: 被剝奪公民權者 |
 Ukrainian: людина, що перебуває поза |
 Urdu: مجرم، قانوني حق سے محروم |
 Vietnamese: kẻ sống ngoài vòng pháp l |
 Chinese: 被剥夺公民权者 |
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