unlawful
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4.0
- adjective
- /ʌnˈlɔːfəl/
:
ilegal
- It's unlawful to operate a motor vehicle without a license.
- an unlawful act
- unlawful conduct
- unlawful activity
Age is not actually or it wasn't unlawful to photograph under sixteens.
- Age is not actually or it wasn't unlawful to photograph under sixteens.
- For me, it was an unlawful taking.
- It's it's a contribution that is unlawful.
- They didn't have any paperwork that it was an unlawful kind of imprisonment of her and a baby.
- That the highest form of civil disobedience is to reject an unlawful order, and you may be asked to do so.
- OK, so the police get their authority to restrict your freedom to act in a way which in any other circumstance would be unlawful.
- There are two major studies I'm aware of about the efficacy of filters in identifying unlawful content, and both of them cast serious doubt.
- Then when I asked Bhaskar, would you make it unlawful for somebody to work for me or work for him just on whatever terms they choose.
- The Spirit CEO was very vocal, saying to the shareholders, don't vote for JetBlue, it's unlawful and it won't be approved because Jetblue's too big.
Examples
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Religious discrimination is, of course, unlawful in Northern Ireland, but racial discrimination is not.
Academic text (1997) -
This is an unlawful assembly.
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Michael was arrested for unlawful taking.
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You make a secret plan to commit unlawful acts.
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Some face charges of unlawful entry, to which they pleaded not guilty this week.
Academic text (2017) -
Under Department W provisions, it is unlawful to kill a worker without just cause.
Fiction book (1993) -
This is unlawful trespass, you know.
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This was just a corrupt and unlawful way to capitalize on a broken system.
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No Hong Kong resident shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful arrest, detention, or imprisonment.
Academic text (1990) -
It's unlawful to operate a motor vehicle without a license.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not allowed by law or official rules
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4.5
Not officially allowed to do something
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3.2
Not allowed by law, rules, or custom
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6.3
Not allowed by law or social rules
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4.6
Not allowed by law or not fair to others
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6.1
Not allowed by law
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9.2
Not allowed by rules or by social custom
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7.7
Not allowed by rules, laws, or official standards
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3.7
Not allowed by law or by an authority
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6.4
Not allowed by rules or laws
The law bans it
Not allowed by law or by people in charge
Not allowed by law or by people in charge
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Compounds
How Lawful
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Morphology
Etymology
Unlawful comes from the simple prefix un- meaning 'not' and lawful, which comes from law, meaning the rules of a country. So unlawful means 'not allowed by law'.