outlaw

outlaw is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.
2. transitive verb. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe.
3. transitive verb. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force.
4. noun. someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

   Synonyms: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor

5. verb. declare illegal; outlaw

   "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

   Synonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize

6. adjective. disobedient to or defiant of law

   "lawless bands roaming the plains"

   Synonyms: lawless

7. adjective. contrary to or forbidden by law

   "an illegitimate seizure of power"

   "illicit trade"

   Synonyms: illegitimate, illicit, outlawed, unlawful

Synonyms

criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, lawless, illegitimate, illicit, outlawed, unlawful

Common word forms

outlaws, outlawed, outlawing

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