unlawfully

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English

Etymology

From unlawful +‎ -ly or un- +‎ lawfully.

Pronunciation

Adverb

unlawfully (comparative more unlawfully, superlative most unlawfully)

  1. In a manner not conforming to the law.
    The deceased was unlawfully killed during a riot.
    • 1877, R. Rae, Newport, section 40:
      Look here, my body-snatchers, you have unlawfully abridged the liberty of one of the sons of the sovereign State of New York!
    • 1892, The Pacific Reporter, volume 27, page 538:
      The information charges that the said Flem Parker, on or about the 20th day of November, 1890, and before the filing of this information, at the county and state aforesaid, did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously enter a certain barn []

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