unlawful

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English

Etymology

From Middle English unlawful; equivalent to un- +‎ lawful.

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    Rhymes: -ɔːfʊl

Adjective

unlawful (comparative more unlawful, superlative most unlawful)

  1. (law) Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal); wrongful.
    He was charged with unlawful use of a car.
    • 2022 September 26, “Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Snowden”, in Mark Trevelyan, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 26 September 2022, Europe:
      That year a U.S. appeals court found the program Snowden had exposed was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth.

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