unlawful

Adjective
  1. Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention (synset 301968236)
    "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices"
    similar to: irregular - contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice
    same as: improper, unconventional
  2. Contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law (synset 301399052)
    "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters"
    also:
    • illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
    • corrupt, crooked - not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
    tells us about: lawfulness - the quality of conforming to law
    similar to:
  3. Not morally right or permissible (synset 301555383)
    "unlawful love"
    similar to: illicit - contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention
  4. Having no legally established claim (synset 301411393)
    "the wrongful heir to the throne"
    similar to: illegitimate - of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful
    same as: wrongful
  5. Contrary to or forbidden by law (synset 301406764)
    "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"
    similar to: illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
    same as: illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed

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