From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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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.
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3. To render illegal; to ban, prohibit, or proscribe under
sanction of some penalty.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}]
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