miscreant vs outlaw

miscreant

noun
  • One who has behaved badly, or illegally. 

  • One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever. 

  • One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain. 

adj
  • Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous. 

  • Holding an incorrect religious belief. 

outlaw

noun
  • A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty. 

  • A fugitive from the law. 

  • An in-law: a relative by marriage. 

  • A person who operates outside established norms. 

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

  • A wild horse. 

  • A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp. 

verb
  • To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement. 

  • To declare illegal. 

  • To place a ban upon. 

  • To deprive of legal force. 

How often have the words miscreant and outlaw occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )