lawless, outlaw
(adjective) disobedient to or defiant of law; “lawless bands roaming the plains”
illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful
(adjective) contrary to or forbidden by law; “an illegitimate seizure of power”; “illicit trade”; “an outlaw strike”; “unlawful measures”
criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
(noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
(verb) declare illegal; outlaw; “Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
outlaw (plural outlaws)
A fugitive from the law.
(history) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.
A person who operates outside established norms.
A wild horse.
(humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
(humorous) One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial.
(slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.
• (fugitive): absconder, fugitive
• (criminal): bandit, wolfshead
• (person who operates outside established norms): anti-hero, deviant
• (criminal): See Thesaurus:criminal
• (prostitute): See Thesaurus:prostitute
outlaw (third-person singular simple present outlaws, present participle outlawing, simple past and past participle outlawed)
To declare illegal.
To place a ban upon.
To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
To deprive of legal force.
Source: Wiktionary
Out"law`, n. Etym: [AS. , . See Out, and Law.]
Definition: A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Blackstone.
Out"law`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outlawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Outlawing.] Etym: [AS. .]
1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe. Blackstone.
2. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force. "Laws outlawed by necessity." Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
