Outlaw vs Criminalize - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between outlaw and criminalize

is that outlaw is to declare illegal while criminalize is to make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.

is a fugitive from the law.

(en noun)

A fugitive from the law.

A person who is excluded from normal legal rights.

A person who operates outside established norms.

The main character of the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.

A wild horse.

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

* (person that operates outside established norms) anti-hero

(outlaw)

To declare illegal

To place a ban upon

To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.

to outlaw a debt or claim

To deprive of legal force.

Laws outlawed by necessity. — Fuller.

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(criminaliz)

To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.

* decriminalize * recriminalize