Outlaw vs Felon - What's the difference?
outlaw | felon | Synonyms |
A fugitive from the law.
A person who is excluded from normal legal rights.
A person who operates outside established norms.
A wild horse.
(humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
To declare illegal
To place a ban upon
To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
To deprive of legal force.
A person who has committed a felony.
* 1859 , (Charles Dickens), A Tale of Two Cities , James Nisbet & Company (1902), Book 3, Chapter 6,
(legal) A person who has been tried]] and [[conviction, convicted of a felony.
As nouns the difference between outlaw and felon
is that outlaw is a fugitive from the law while felon is a person who has committed a felony.As a verb outlaw
is to declare illegal.outlaw
English
Noun
(en noun)- The main character of the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.
Synonyms
* (person that operates outside established norms) anti-heroVerb
(outlaw)- to outlaw a debt or claim
- Laws outlawed by necessity. — Fuller.
External links
* * *felon
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) felun, feloun, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)page 340:
- Looking at the Jury and the turbulent audience, he might have thought that the usual order of things was reversed, and that the felons were trying the honest men.
