Thesaurus: outlaw

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1. n. A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.
2. v. t. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe.
3. v. t. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force.
4. adj. contrary to or forbidden by law
5. adj. disobedient to or defiant of law
6. n. someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
7. v. declare illegal; outlaw
8. A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Blackstone. 1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe. Blackstone. 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.
9. A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived ofits protection. Blackstone.
10. n:47/v:53 v. declare illegal; outlaw