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Meaning of outlaw

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  outlaw
      adj 1: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure
             of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful
             measures" [syn: {illegitimate}, {illicit}, {outlaw(a)},
             {outlawed}, {unlawful}]
      2: disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the
         plains" [syn: {lawless}, {outlaw(a)}]
      n 1: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally
           convicted of a crime [syn: {criminal}, {felon}, {crook},
           {outlaw}, {malefactor}]
      v 1: declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the
           U.S." [syn: {outlaw}, {criminalize}, {criminalise},
           {illegalize}, {illegalise}] [ant: {decriminalise},
           {decriminalize}, {legalise}, {legalize}, {legitimate},
           {legitimatise}, {legitimatize}, {legitimise}, {legitimize}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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