outlaw
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(verb) declare illegal |
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Synonyms: criminalize, illegalize |
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Related Words: ban, censor, disallow, forbid, interdict, prohibit, proscribe, veto |
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Antonyms: legalize |
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(satellite adjective) disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains" |
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Synonyms: lawless |
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(satellite adjective) contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures" |
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Synonyms: illegitimate, illicit, outlawed, unlawful |
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(noun) someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime |
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Synonyms: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor |
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Related Words: abductor, accessary, accessory, accomplice, arsonist, blackmailer, bootlegger, briber, coconspirator, conspirator, contrabandist, desperado, desperate criminal, drug peddler, drug trafficker, extortioner, extortionist, firebug, fugitive, fugitive from justice, gangster, gangster's moll, goon, gun moll, habitual criminal, highbinder, highjacker, hijacker, hood, hoodlum, incendiary, kidnaper, kidnapper, lawbreaker, liquidator, machinator, mobster, moll, mooncurser, moonshiner, murderer, offender, parolee, peddler, plotter, probationer, punk, pusher, racketeer, raper, rapist, recidivist, repeater, runner, scofflaw, smuggler, snatcher, suborner, thief, thug, tough, toughie, traitor, treasonist, violator, wrongdoer |
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