unlawfully

Adverb

Meaning

not conforming to the law

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

illegal badly irregular illicit unlawful wrongly improperly irregularly fraudulently criminally immorally dishonestly illegitimately corruptly illegally
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Antonyms

lawfully right well righteously fairly properly
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Phrases with the word

unlawfully dismissed unlawfully fired unlawfully obtained

Examples

Men who take up arms against the State must expect at any moment to be fired upon. Men who take up arms unlawfully cannot expect that the troops will wait until they are quite ready to begin the conflict. Winston Churchill

The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and are not for others to steal or unlawfully distribute. Dan Glickman

The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass. Herman Melville

We've grown accustomed to injustice in Russia. People are constantly being arrested unlawfully. Alexei Navalny

Property gained unlawfully will be lost in the same way. Hungarian Proverb

they were unlawfully married Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

unlawful search unlawful sexual intercourse unlawfullness unlawfully dismissed unlawfully fired unlawfulness