Outlaw /(out"la̤`)/

Out·law

Outlaw

n.
  1. A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.
  2. A person engaging habitually in criminal activity, especially theft or robbery; an habitually lawless person, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.

Outlaw

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Outlawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Outlawing

  1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw.
  2. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force.
  3. To render illegal; to ban, prohibit, or proscribe under sanction of some penalty.