Unlawful synonyms and antonyms

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illicit
Unlawful.
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outlawed
(Of an act) put beyond the limits of the law, forbidden, against the law.
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illegal (related)
(Of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally.
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banned
The definition of banned is something that is prohibited.
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illegitimate
(--- Biology) Unacceptable as a scientific name because of not conforming to the international rules of nomenclature.
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criminal
The definition of criminal is someone or something related to the commission of a crime.
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bar-sinister
Of, involving, or being a crime
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forbidden
Having an extremely low probability of occurrence. Used of quantum phenomena:
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irregular
Contrary to rule, accepted order, or general practice:
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lawless
Without law; not regulated by the authority of law
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malfeasant
Of, or relating to malfeasance or misconduct
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taboo
Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
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unauthorized
Not having any authority
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unlicensed
Having no official license.
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crime
(Uncountable) The practice or habit of committing crimes.
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malfeasance
An unlawful act, particularly one committed by a public official.
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misdemeanor
A misdeed.
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authorized (antonym)
Given authority
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lawful (antonym)
In conformity with the principles of the law; permitted by law
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legal (antonym)
The definition of legal is something connected to law or a government’s system of rules.
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right (antonym)
In or into a satisfactory state or condition:
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wrongful
Wrong or unjust:
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bastard
Of illegitimate birth or of uncertain origin
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misbegotten
Having an improper basis or origin; ill-conceived:
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natural
That exists and evolved within the confines of an ecosystem.
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spurious
Not trustworthy; dubious or fallacious:
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crimes (related)
Prohibited by law
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law (related)
A statement that describes invariable relationships among phenomena under a specified set of conditions. Boyle's law, for instance, describes what will happen to the volume of an ideal gas if its pressure changes and its temperature remains the same. The conditions under which some physical laws hold are idealized (for example, there are no ideal gases in the real world), thus some physical laws apply universally but only approximately.
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kin (related)
Related, as by blood
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outlaw
contrary to or forbidden by law
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improper
Not in keeping with conventional mores; indecorous:
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prohibit (related)
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discriminatory (related)
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unlawfully (related)
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against-the-law (related)
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unreasonable (related)
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unjustifiable (related)
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unjustified (related)
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contraband
Prohibited from being imported or exported.
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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 lust of unlawful gain had infected the Frankish blood, as it seems to have infected England during the Hundred Years' War; and in either case nemesis infallibly came.

  • 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.

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