From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Outlaw \Out"law'\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Outlawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Outlawing}.] [AS. ?tlagian.]
1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw. --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.
3. To render illegal; to ban, prohibit, or proscribe under sanction of some penalty. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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]:
adjective
1: 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
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