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out·law
 outlaw
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- pronunciation:
- aUt
law
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
one whose activities repeatedly violate the law; habitual criminal.
- synonyms:
- criminal, public enemy, reprobate
- similar words:
- bandit, brigand, crook, desperado, felon, gangster, lawbreaker, miscreant, scofflaw, wrongdoer
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| definition 2: |
a person, group, or thing excluded from normal legal protections, rights, and benefits.
- similar words:
- bandit, exile, outcast, outside, pariah, stranger
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| definition 3: |
a fugitive from justice.
- synonyms:
- desperado, fugitive
- similar words:
- escapee, exile, runaway
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| related words: |
buccaneer, convict, fugitive |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
outlaws, outlawing, outlawed |
| definition 1: |
to declare illegal or legally prohibited.
Hunting is outlawed in the city.- synonyms:
- ban, forbid, interdict, prohibit, proscribe
- antonyms:
- legitimize
- similar words:
- bar, disallow, exclude
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| definition 2: |
to declare (a person or group) an outlaw or outside the protection of the law.
- similar words:
- alienate, ban, bar, exile, forbid, proscribe
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