outlaw

outlaw
out·law 1 /'au̇t-ˌlȯ/ n [Old English ūtlaga, from Old Norse ūtlagi, from ūt out + lag lo̡g law]
1: a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law
a trespasser is not an outlaw
2: a lawless person or a fugitive from the law
3: a person or organization (as a nation) under a ban or restriction or considered to be in defiance of norms or laws
considered an outlaw for its support of terrorism
outlaw 2 vt: to make illegal
out·law·ry /'au̇t-ˌlȯr-ē/ n

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

outlaw
I noun bandit, brigand, convict, criminal, delinquent, evildoer, felon, fugitive, fugitive from the law, habitual criminal, habitual offender, hardened criminal, lawbreaker, lawless individual, malefactor, miscreant, notorious criminal, offender, offender against society, proscriptus, public enemy, racketeer, recidivist, robber, swindler, thief, transgressor, underworld character, violator of the law II verb aqua et igni interdicere, banish, bar, declare illegal, declare unlawful, exclude, expel, forbid by law, make unlawful, place outside the protection of the law, proscribe, proscribere, put beyond the protection of the law, reject, repel III index ban, bar (exclude), condemn (ban), convict, criminal, debar, deport (banish), disfranchise, eliminate (exclude), exclude, expatriate, expel, felon, foe, forbid, hoodlum, isolate, lawless, malefactor, pariah, proscribe (denounce), proscribe (prohibit), recidivist, relegate, seclude, thief, wrongdoer

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


outlaw
A popular term for anyone who commits serious crimes and acts outside the law.
Category: Criminal Law
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

outlaw
n.
   popularly, anyone who commits serious crimes and acts outside the law.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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