unlawfully
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4.3
- adverb
- /ʌnˈlɔːfəli/
- Formal
:
ilegalmente
- A finding that the authorities acted unlawfully is sufficient to find a violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1.
- acted unlawfully
If you went into the Capitol building unlawfully, I like you've, you've surrendered your right to to freedom.
- If you went into the Capitol building unlawfully, I like you've, you've surrendered your right to to freedom.
Examples
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As such, under the Fourteenth Amendment, the states could not unlawfully divest any person of his or her possessions or estate.
Academic text (2017) -
There are an increasing number of situations, therefore, in which the exclusion of unlawfully obtained evidence is no longer required.
Academic text (2018) -
And you understand that you are charged with unlawfully killing a young man?
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If you are in the middle of the street, you are unlawfully assembled and you will be subject to arrest.
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In some regions, as much as 40 percent of the catch is thought to have been caught unlawfully.
Academic text (2017) -
In which of these cases has the agency acted unlawfully?
Academic text (2001) -
And this demonstration is unlawfully assembled.
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He escaped and unlawfully entered the United States.
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The Coalition contends that NHTSA acted unlawfully in failing to take this effect into account.
Academic text (2001) -
He was convicted of unlawfully accessing confidential government files.
Synonyms
197
2.1
In a way that breaks the law
31
6.5
In a way that breaks the law
24
4.6
In a way that is unfair or against the law
2
6.8
In a way that breaks the law or rules
2
6.8
In a way not allowed by law or rules
1
8.1
In a way that rules or the law do not allow
1
7.2
Acting without following a country's rules
Antonyms
How Lawful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unlawfully is made from un- ('not') and lawful ('allowed by law'), with lawful coming from the everyday word law. So unlawfully means to do something 'not allowed by law', or 'illegally'.