Criminal vs. Outlaw — What's the Difference?

Of, involving, or having the nature of crime

In historical legal systems, an outlaw is one declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, all legal protection was withdrawn from the criminal, so that anyone is legally empowered to persecute or kill them.

Relating to the administration of penal law.

A fugitive from the law.

Guilty of crime.

A habitual criminal.

Characteristic of a criminal.

A rebel; a nonconformist

Shameful; disgraceful

A person excluded from normal legal protection and rights.

One that has committed or been legally convicted of a crime.

A wild or vicious horse or other animal.

Against the law; forbidden by law.

To declare illegal

Guilty of breaking the law.

To place under a ban; prohibit

Of or relating to crime or penal law.

To deprive (one declared to be a criminal fugitive) of the protection of the law.

(figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable.

A fugitive from the law.

A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

(history) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.

Guilty of crime or sin.

A person who operates outside established norms.

Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; - said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.

A wild horse.

Relating to crime; - opposed to civil; as, the criminal code.

(humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.

One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.

(humorous) One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial.

Someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime

(slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.

Relating to crime or its punishment;

To declare illegal.

Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure;

To place a ban upon.

Guilty of crime or serious offense;

To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.

Involving or being or having the nature of a crime;

To deprive of legal force.

A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.

A person engaging habitually in criminal activity, especially theft or robbery; an habitually lawless person, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.

To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw.

To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force.

To render illegal; to ban, prohibit, or proscribe under sanction of some penalty.

Someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime

Declare illegal; outlaw;

Contrary to or forbidden by law;

Disobedient to or defiant of law;