outlaw

out-law · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (noun) A person who has broken the law, especially one who remains at large or is a fugitive.

  2. 2.

    (noun, historical) A person deprived of the benefit and protection of the law.

  3. 3.

    (verb) To make illegal; to ban.

Forms

plural: outlaws

Related words

See also: bandit, criminal, fugitive, outlaws
Synonyms: bandit, criminal, fugitive

Etymology

From Old Norse utlagi ("outlawed, banished"), from ut ("out") + lag ("law").