1. Declare illegal; ban
   "Marijuana is outlawed in the U.S.";
   - criminalize, criminalise [Brit], illegalize, illegalise [Brit]

1. Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
   "The police were searching for the outlaw who had robbed the bank";
   - criminal, felon, crook [informal], malefactor [formal], crim [Brit, informal]
    
2. A person who operates outside established norms; a rebel
   "The motorcycle gang styled themselves as modern-day outlaws"

1. Contrary to or forbidden by law
   "an outlaw strike";
   - illegitimate, illicit, outlawed, unlawful
    
2. Disobedient to or defiant of law
   "outlaw bands roaming the plains";
   - lawless

Derived forms: outlawed, outlawing, outlaws

See also: bent [Brit, informal], corrupt, crooked [informal], illegal, lawfulness, lawless, wide-open, wrongful

Type of: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix [N. Amer, informal], principal, prohibit, proscribe, veto

Antonym: legalize

Encyclopedia: Outlaw, George