outlaw
noun
[ ˈaʊtlɔː ]
• a person who has broken the law, especially one who remains at large or is a fugitive.
• "bands of outlaws held up trains"
Similar:
fugitive,
wanted criminal,
outcast,
exile,
pariah,
bandit,
desperado,
brigand,
robber,
criminal,
black hat,
villain,
outlaw
verb
• ban or make illegal.
• "secondary picketing has been outlawed"
Similar:
ban,
bar,
prohibit,
forbid,
veto,
embargo,
boycott,
make illegal,
disallow,
proscribe,
interdict,
banish,
exile,
cast out,
exclude,
expel,
shut out,
repudiate,
condemn,
put a price on someone's head,
Origin:
late Old English ūtlaga (noun), ūtlagian (verb), from Old Norse útlagi, noun from útlagr ‘outlawed or banished’.
