Unlawful Synonyms and Antonyms

ŭn-lôfəl
Of, involving, or being a crime
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. illegal
  2. criminal
  3. illicit
  4. forbidden
  5. illegitimate
  6. outlawed
  7. wrongful
  8. lawless
  9. banned
  10. bar-sinister
  11. contraband
  12. improper
  13. irregular
  14. malfeasant
  15. prohibited
  16. taboo
  17. unauthorized
  18. unlicensed
  19. unconventional
Contrary to accepted, especially moral conventions
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. illicit
Born to parents who are not married to each other
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. baseborn
  2. bastard
  3. illegitimate
  4. misbegotten
  5. natural
  6. spurious

Words Related to Unlawful

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Unlawful Sentence Examples

  • How long shall they wield unlawful power?

  • A vast intended meeting was proclaimed unlawful, and in October 1843 O'Connell was arrested and held to bail, with ten or twelve of his principal followers.

  • Between 1606 and 1618 various attempts were made under English and Episcopal influence, by assemblies afterwards declared unlawful, to set aside the "Book of Common Order."

  • The Danish governor-general then dissolved the assembly, but Jon SigurOsson and all the members with him protested to the king against these unlawful proceedings.

  • In Mary's reign (1555) the licences were withdrawn, the queen or her advisers deeming the game an excuse for "unlawful assemblies, conventicles, seditions and conspiracies."

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