Definition of unlawful Unlawful
/ʌnlɔˈfʌl/ - [unloful] - un•law•ful
We found 9 definitions of unlawful from 5 different sources.
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What does unlawful mean?
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| unlawful - contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law; "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters" | ||
| lawful conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent" | ||
| corrupt, crooked lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government" | ||
| illegal prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move" | ||
| lawfulness the quality of conforming to law | ||
| outlaw, lawless disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains" | ||
| wide-open, lawless lax in enforcing laws; "a wide-open town" | ||
| unlawful - having no legally established claim; "the wrongful heir to the throne" | ||
| wrongful | ||
| illegitimate contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures" | ||
| unlawful - not morally right or permissible; "unlawful love" | ||
| unlawful - not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention; "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices" | ||
| improper, unconventional | ||
| irregular not occurring at expected times | ||
| unlawful - contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures" | ||
| illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed | ||
| illegal prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- unlawful (Adjective)
Prohibited; not permitted by law either civil civil or criminal law ; see illegal.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- unlawful (a.)
Not lawful; contrary to law.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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unlawful
Not conforming to, permitted by, or recognised by law or rules.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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unlawful
un-law′fōōl, 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
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