outlaw Definition

outlaw
noun

1. originally
Someone excluded from, and deprived of the protection of, the law.
2. A criminal who is a fugitive from the law.

Thesaurus: fugitive, bandit, criminal, outcast, desperado.
3. loosely
A bandit; a lawless person.

verb outlawed, outlawing

1. To deprive someone of the benefit and protection of the law; to make them an outlaw.
2. To forbid something officially.

Thesaurus: ban, banish, condemn, forbid, make illegal, stop, embargo, exclude, prohibit.

Derivative: outlawry
noun

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon utlaga.