unlawful
- not lawful; contrary to law; illegal.
- born out of wedlock; illegitimate.
Origin of unlawful
Synonyms for unlawful
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illegitimate, unauthorized, illegal, lawless, improper, illicit, nefarious, prohibited, wrongful, banned, bootleg, criminal, flagitious, forbidden, iniquitous, taboo, actionable, outlawed, under-the-counter, unlicensedExamples from the Web for unlawful
Contemporary Examples of unlawful
Dovgan is only one of many cases of unlawful detention, according to Human Rights Watch Senior Research Tanya Lokshina.
Among these are obscenity, defamation, fighting words, express incitement to unlawful conduct, and threats.
Does Free Speech Cover Murder Fantasies? The Supreme Court’s Definition of a ‘Threat’Geoffrey R. Stone
December 1, 2014
We were then told we were all being arrested for ‘unlawful protesting.’
He also revealed his view that the operation itself had been unlawful: it was “not legal because no finding.”
How the Reagan White House Bungled Its Response to Iran-Contra RevelationsMalcolm Byrne
November 3, 2014
The military insists that civilian deaths are investigated whenever allegations of unlawful killing are made.
Obama's Pentagon Covered Up War Crimes in Afghanistan, Says Amnesty InternationalNico Hines, Sami Yousafzai
August 11, 2014
Historical Examples of unlawful
No lawful passion can ever be so bewildering or ecstatic as an unlawful one.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
An unlawful expedient can not become a permanent condition of government.
Yet I respect this marriage of thine, as all Muslims must—for all that in itself it was unlawful.
The Sea-HawkRaphael Sabatini
In Ezra, the Tenth, the ram is offered for a trespass because of an unlawful marriage.
An Orkney MaidAmelia Edith Huddleston Barr
And they say, that the military uniforms now introducing, are haram or unlawful.
Journal of a Residence at BagdadAnthony Groves
unlawful
- illegal
- illicit; immoralunlawful love
- an archaic word for illegitimate