outlawnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈaʊt.lɔː/us/ˈaʊt.lɑː/(especially in the past) a person who has broken the law and who lives separately from the other parts of society because they want to escape legal punishment:
Robin Hood was an outlaw who lived in the forest and stole from the rich to give to the poor.
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Criminals - general words
- abet
- accessory
- accomplice
- crook
- culprit
- delinquent
- felon
- gangbanger
- gangland
- juvenile delinquent
- lawbreaker
- lowlife
- offender
- perp
- perpetrator
- probationer
- recidivist
- transgress
- wanted
- wrongdoer
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outlawverb [ T ]
uk/ˈaʊt.lɔː/us/ˈaʊt.lɑː/to make something illegal or unacceptable:
The new law will outlaw smoking in public places.
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Forbidding and banning things
- abolish
- abolitionist
- ban
- bar
- blacklist
- clean
- clean (sth) up
- curfew
- debar
- deny
- disallow
- disqualify
- nix
- off-limits
- out of bounds idiom
- prohibit
- prohibition
- proscribe
- unauthorized
- veto
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UK politics: legislation & law-making