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Verb: outlaw  awtlo
  1. Declare illegal; outlaw
    - criminalize, criminalise [Brit], illegalize, illegalise [Brit]
Noun: outlaw  awtlo
  1. Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
    - criminal, felon, crook, malefactor
Adjective: outlaw  awtlo
  1. Contrary to or forbidden by law
    "an outlaw strike"
    - illegitimate, illicit, outlawed, unlawful
     
  2. Disobedient to or defiant of law
    - lawless

Derived forms: outlaws, outlawed, outlawing

See also: illegal, outlawry, unlawful

Type of: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix [N. Amer], principal, prohibit, proscribe, veto

Antonym: legalize

Encyclopedia: Outlaw