Unlawful

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  • adjective. Not lawful; illegal.
  • adjective. Contrary to accepted morality or convention; illicit.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not lawful; contrary to law; illegal; not permitted by law, human or divine; not legalized: as, an unlawful act; an unlawful oath; an unlawful society.
  • Begotten out of wedlock; illegitimate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not lawful; contrary to law.
  • adjective. See under Assembly.
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  • adjective. Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. contrary to or forbidden by law
  • adjective. not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention
  • adjective. not morally right or permissible
  • adjective. having no legally established claim
  • adjective. contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law
    • Word Usage
    "He describes how he was put on suicide watch in January, how he is currently being stripped naked every night, and how he is in general terms being subjected to what he calls "unlawful pre-trial punishment"."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    lawful  
    cross-reference
    unlawful assembly  
    Equivalent
    illegal  illegitimate  illicit  irregular  lawless  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    awful  lawful  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clandestine  disgraceful  fraudulent  illegal  illicit  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aberrant  abnormal  abominable  actionable  against the law  
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