outlaw

outlaw
 n.— «Back then, the typical Stockton streetwalker stayed in Stockton, turning tricks to support an IV drug habit. She was, in pimp parlance, “an outlaw,” a freelancer with no pimp.» —“New era for oldest profession” by Michael Fitzgerald The Record (Stockton, California) Nov. 15, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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