Unlawful
[ʌn'lɔːfʊl;-f(ə)l] or [ʌn'lɔfl]
Definition
(adj.) contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law; 'unlawful measures'; 'unlawful money'; 'unlawful hunters' .
(adj.) having no legally established claim; 'the wrongful heir to the throne' .
(adj.) not morally right or permissible; 'unlawful love' .
Typed by Allan--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not lawful; contrary to law.
Typed by Angelo
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Illegal, illicit, unlicensed.
Typist: Murray
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See OBSCURE]
Typist: Wanda
Definition
adj. not lawful or permitted by law.—n. Unlaw′ lawlessness any breach of law: an injury injustice: a fine exacted from a transgressor of the law.—adv. Unlaw′fully.—n. Unlaw′fulness.
Typist: Stacey
Examples
- The same remark he considered to apply to the regulation mode of cutting the hair: which he held to be decidedly unlawful. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Hence we naturally desire what is forbid, and take a pleasure in performing actions, merely because they are unlawful. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Typist: Stacey