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Definition of: outlaw
(out′lô′) noun
1. A person deprived of the benefit of the law, as for having committed a crime.
2. One who habitually breaks or defies the law; a freebooter; a person having a price on his head.
3. A vicious horse.
—v.t.
1. To declare an outlaw; proscribe.
2. To prohibit; ban.
3. To deprive of legal force or protection, as contracts or debts. [OE ūtlaga <ON ūtlagi]
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