[syn: lawless, outlaw(a)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Outlaw \Out"law`\ (out"l[add]`), n. [AS. [=u]tlaga, [=u]tlah.
See Out, and Law.]
1. A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived
of its protection. --Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]
2. A person engaging habitually in criminal activity,
especially theft or robbery; an habitually lawless person,
especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Outlaw \Out"law`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outlawed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Outlawing.] [AS. ?tlagian.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to
declare to be an outlaw. --Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]
2. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to
outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force. "Laws
outlawed by necessity." --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
3. To render illegal; to ban, prohibit, or proscribe under
sanction of some penalty.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
outlaw
adj 1: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure
of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful
measures" [syn: illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(a),
outlawed, unlawful]
2: disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the
plains" [syn: lawless, outlaw(a)]
n 1: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally
convicted of a crime [syn: criminal, felon, crook,
outlaw, malefactor]
v 1: declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the
U.S." [syn: outlaw, criminalize, criminalise,
illegalize, illegalise] [ant: decriminalise,
decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate,
legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize]