Robin Hood, Australian, bushranger, picaroon; gangster, criminal, mafioso, mobster, racketeer; thug, ruffian, rogue, tough, Inf. toughie, Inf. hired gun, Inf. plugugly, hoodlum.
3. pirate, rover, viking, corsair, buccaneer, privateer, freebooter, rapparee, (in the Scottish Highlands) cateran; rustler, hijacker, skyjacker, air or sky pirate, terrorist, Fenian; smuggler, contrabandist, runner, bootlegger.
4. pillager, plunderer, marauder, despoiler, ransacker, sacker, looter, vandal, rifler, raider.
5. robber, felon, thief, Inf. crook, Inf. hold-up man, SI. stick-up man, armed robber; safecracker, Jimmy Valentine; housebreaker, SI. cracksman, Brit, picklock, Raffles, sneak thief, cat burglar, Inf. second-story man.
-v. 6. disallow, rule out, bar, exclude, shut out, shut the door on; ban, proscribe, prohibit, forbid, interdict, issue an injunction against, lay under interdiction, put under ban, taboo, embargo, boycott; repress, suppress, smother; limit, disallow, keep under, keep within bounds, hold back, check; withhold, stop, preclude, circumscribe, deny; segregate, cordon, cordon off, cut out, cut off, strike out or off, eradicate, purge, not allow; isolate, quarantine, set or keep apart, put beyond the pale.
7. ostracize, banish, expel, cast out, blackball, blacklist, repudiate, exile, deport, transport, send away, Brit, rusticate, Inf. ship out of town, Inf. run out of town; put a price on [s.o.'s] head, put on the wanted list. outlawed, adj. illegal, unlawful, illegitmate, SI. il-legit; lawless, criminal, felonious; illicit, nonlicit, non-legal, unallowed, impermissible, irregular, chargeable, wrongful, against the law; unlicensed, unauthorized, wildcat, unofficial, unsanctioned, unwarranted, anarchic, anarchistic; contraband, bootleg, black-market, under-the-counter, under-the-table; prohibited, banned, under the ban, taboo, tabooed, barred, unallowed; excluded, ruled out, off limits, out of bounds; proscribed, interdicted, forbidden, Fr. d&fendu, Ger. verboten. outlay, n. expenditure, disbursement, expense, cost, charge, price, fee; payment, compensation, recompense, settlement; amount, rate, fare, figure, amount expended; remuneration, reward, pay; payment, investment, spending, expenses, allowance, per diem, expense account, Inf swindle sheet. outlet, n. 1. exit, way of escape, escape, way out, loophole; passageway, passage, egress; door, backdoor, postern, fire door, escape hatch, trap door; Naut. booby hatch, porthole, portal, hatch, port; debouch.
2. vent, vent hole, valve, safety valve, duct, blowhole, spiracle; cock, stopcock, spout, spigot, faucet; opening, mouth, aperture, gate, floodgate, trap, weir, chute, sluice, race; avenue, artery, channel, watercourse, trough, trench, ditch, canal, waterway, aqueduct; gorge, ravine, gully, culvert, cut, chasm, flume; cylinder, tube, pipe, conduit, main, drain, Naut. scupper, sewer, cloaca, gutter, Brit, sough.
3. electrical outlet, socket, wall socket, Inf. plug; terminal, connection.
4. market, marketplace, open market, mart, farmers' market, street market, flea market; concession, trading post, retail market, wholesale market, distribution center, salesroom, show room, auction room; store, shop, cooperative, emporium, bazaar, shopping center or plaza or mall, supermarket, department store, chain store; fast food outlet, vending machine.
5. means of expression, release, escape, escape mechanism, safety valve; catharsis, purgation, emotional release.