Outlawed

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outlaw \Out"law`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outlawed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Outlawing}.] [AS. ?tlagian.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to
        declare to be an outlaw. --Blackstone.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To render illegal; to ban, prohibit, or proscribe under
        sanction of some penalty.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  outlawed \outlawed\ adj.
     1. contrary to or forbidden by law; banned; illicit; as, a
        member of an outlawed political party.
  
     Syn: illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(prenominal), unlawful.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  outlawed
       adj : contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of
             power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful
             measures" [syn: {illegitimate}, {illicit}, {outlaw(a)},
              {unlawful}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "outlawed":
     actionable, against the law, anarchic, anarchistic, anomic, banned,
     barred, black-market, bootleg, chargeable, contraband,
     contrary to law, criminal, felonious, flawed, forbade, forbid,
     forbidden, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, impermissible,
     irregular, justiciable, lawless, nonconstitutional, nonlegal,
     nonlicit, nonpermissible, not permitted, off limits, out of bounds,
     outlaw, prohibited, punishable, ruled out, taboo, tabooed, triable,
     unallowed, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under the ban,
     under-the-counter, under-the-table, unlawful, unlicensed,
     unofficial, unpermissible, unsanctioned, unstatutory, untouchable,
     unwarrantable, unwarranted, verboten, vetoed, wrongful