outlaw
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"
Adjective Satellite
disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains"
Noun
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Verb
declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."
Synonyms
criminal
criminalise
criminalize
crook
felon
illegalise
illegalize
illegitimate
illicit
lawless
malefactor
outlawed
unlawful
More Specific Terms
abductor
accessary
accessory
arsonist
ban
blackmailer
bootlegger
briber
censor
coconspirator
conspirator
contrabandist
desperado
desperate criminal
drug dealer
drug peddler
drug trafficker
extortioner
extortionist
firebug
fugitive
fugitive from justice
gangster
gangster''s moll
gaolbird
goon
gun moll
habitual criminal
highbinder
highjacker
hijacker
hood
hoodlum
incendiary
jail bird
jailbird
kidnaper
kidnapper
law offender
lawbreaker
liquidator
machinator
mafioso
manslayer
mobster
moll
moon curser
moon-curser
moonshiner
murderer
parolee
peddler
plotter
probationer
punk
pusher
racketeer
raper
rapist
recidivist
repeater
runner
scofflaw
smuggler
snatcher
stealer
strong-armer
suborner
thief
thug
tough
toughie
traitor
treasonist
violator