OUTLAW Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word outlaw. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for OUTLAW
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bandit | nounn | |||||||
noun • an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band | ||||||||
criminal | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime adjective satellite • bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure • guilty of crime or serious offense • involving or being or having the nature of a crime | ||||||||
fugitive | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who flees from an uncongenial situation • someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice adjective satellite • lasting for a markedly brief time | ||||||||
delinquent | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a young offender adjective satellite • guilty of a misdeed • failing in what duty requires • past due; not paid at the scheduled time | ||||||||
lawbreaker | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who violates the law | ||||||||
miscreant | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person without moral scruples | ||||||||
offender | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who transgresses moral or civil law | ||||||||
renegade | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. adjective satellite • having deserted a cause or principle verb • break with established customs | ||||||||
villain | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately • the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction | ||||||||
absconder | nounn | |||||||
noun • a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution | ||||||||
criminalise | verbv | |||||||
verb • declare illegal; outlaw | ||||||||
criminalize | verbv | |||||||
verb • treat as a criminal • declare illegal; outlaw | ||||||||
crook | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime • a circular segment of a curve • a long staff with one end being hook shaped verb • bend or cause to bend | ||||||||
deviant | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior adjective satellite • markedly different from an accepted norm | ||||||||
felon | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime • a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail | ||||||||
illegalise | verbv | |||||||
verb • declare illegal; outlaw | ||||||||
illegalize | verbv | |||||||
verb • declare illegal; outlaw | ||||||||
illegitimate | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful noun • the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents adjective satellite • contrary to or forbidden by law | ||||||||
illicit | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention adjective satellite • contrary to or forbidden by law | ||||||||
lawless | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • without law or control • lax in enforcing laws • disobedient to or defiant of law | ||||||||