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outlaw > 4 senses
ADJECTIVE1outlaw, illegitimate, illicit, outlawed, unlawfulContrary to or forbidden by law
2outlaw, lawlessDisobedient to or defiant of law
NOUN1outlaw, criminal, felon, crook, malefactorSomeone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
VERB1outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegaliseDeclare illegal
outlaw > pronunciation
Soundsaw'tlao.
Rhymesbylaw, claw, flaw, and 4 more rhymes in lao...
outlaw > adjective 1
MeaningContrary to or forbidden by law.
Examples"an outlaw strike"
Synonymsillegitimate, illicit, outlawed, unlawful
Similar toillegal
outlaw > adjective 2
MeaningDisobedient to or defiant of law.
Synonymslawless
Similar tounlawful
outlaw > noun, person
MeaningSomeone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime.
Synonymscriminal, felon, crook, malefactor
Broaderwrongdoer, offender
Narroweraccessory, accessary; arsonist, incendiary, firebug; blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist; bootlegger, moonshiner; briber, suborner; conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator; desperado, desperate criminal; fugitive, fugitive from justice; gangster, mobster; highbinder; highjacker, hijacker; hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer; kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor, snatcher; mafioso; moll, gun moll, gangster's moll; murderer, liquidator, manslayer; probationer, parolee; pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker; racketeer; raper, rapist; recidivist, repeater, habitual criminal; scofflaw; smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser; thief, stealer; traitor, treasonist; violator, lawbreaker, law offender
InstancesBonney, William H. Bonney, Billie the Kid; James, Jesse James; MacGregor, Robert MacGregor, Rob Roy
Verbsoutlaw
outlaw > verb, social
MeaningDeclare illegal. Outlaw.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymscriminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
Contrarylegalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise
Broaderforbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
Narrowerban, censor
Nounsoutlawry; outlaw

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