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Unlawful   /ənlˈɔfəl/   Listen
Unlawful

adjective
1.
Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention.  Synonyms: improper, unconventional.  "Improper banking practices"
2.
Contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law.  "Unlawful money" , "Unlawful hunters"  Antonym: lawful.
3.
Not morally right or permissible.
4.
Having no legally established claim.  Synonym: wrongful.
5.
Contrary to or forbidden by law.  Synonyms: illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed.  "Illicit trade" , "An outlaw strike" , "Unlawful measures"



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... the whole, they were a happy pair, As happy as unlawful love could make them; The gentleman was fond, the lady fair, Their chains so slight, 'twas not worth while to break them: The World beheld them with indulgent air; The pious only wished "the Devil take them!" He took them not; he very often waits, And leaves ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4 • Lord Byron

... And the two would separate, the Arab cursing inwardly the wily dog, while Babalatchi went on his way walking on the dusty path, his body swaying, his chin with its few grey hairs pushed forward, resembling an inquisitive goat bent on some unlawful expedition. Attentive eyes watched his movements. Jim-Eng, descrying Babalatchi far away, would shake off the stupor of an habitual opium smoker and, tottering on to the middle of the road, would await the approach of that important person, ready with hospitable ...
— Almayer's Folly - A Story of an Eastern River • Joseph Conrad

... Honoria. "In England he calls himself an Englishman—in Italy he is supposed to be an Italian. What his real calling was in those days I do not know; but I feel assured that it must been dark and unlawful as all his actions have been since that time. He pretended to get his living like the other fishermen in the neighbourhood; but he was often idle for a week at a time, and still more often, absent. I have seen him count over gold and jewels with old Andrinetta on ...
— Run to Earth - A Novel • M. E. Braddon

... unjust war which our Government is now waging against this highly cultivated and unoffending people, at the instigation of a handful of men, who have acquired wealth and importance in the vigorous pursuit of an immoral and unlawful traffic, by means the most criminal and detestable. I have attempted, since my return from the United States, to give some expression to my sentiments, in a letter which has been widely circulated, and which ...
— A Visit To The United States In 1841 • Joseph Sturge

... voted against it. Congress also, at the request of the President, voted for the creation of a national army and the raising to war strength of the National Guard, the Marine corps and the Navy. Laws were passed dealing with espionage, trading with the enemy and the unlawful manufacture and use of explosives. Provision was made for the insurance of soldiers and sailors, for priority of shipments, for the seizure and use of enemy ships in American harbors, for conserving and controlling the food and fuel supply of the country, ...
— History of the American Negro in the Great World War • W. Allison Sweeney


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