| ADJECTIVE | all | unlawful, improper, unconventional | not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention |
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| all | unlawful | contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law | |
| all | unlawful | not morally right or permissible | |
| all | unlawful, wrongful | having no legally established claim | |
| all | unlawful, illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed | contrary to or forbidden by law |
| Sounds | ahnlao'fahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention. | |
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| Synonyms | improper, unconventional | |
| Broader | irregular | contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice |
| Spanish | ilícito | |
| Nouns | unlawfulness | the quality of failing to conform to law |
| Meaning | contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law. | |
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| Examples |
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| Attribute of | lawfulness | The quality of conforming to law |
| Narrower | lawless, outlaw | disobedient to or defiant of law |
| wide-open, lawless | Lax in enforcing laws | |
| wrongful | unlawfully violating the rights of others | |
| See also | crooked, corrupt | not straight |
| illegal | prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules | |
| Opposite | lawful | conformable to or allowed by law |
| Spanish | ilegal, ilegítimo | |
| Nouns | unlawfulness | the quality of failing to conform to law |
| Meaning | not morally right or permissible. | |
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| Example | "unlawful love" | |
| Broader | illicit | contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention |
| Spanish | ilegal | |
| Meaning | Having no legally established claim. | |
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| Synonym | wrongful | |
| Broader | illegitimate | Of marriages and offspring |
| Spanish | ilegal, injusto | |
| Nouns | unlawfulness | the quality of failing to conform to law |
| Meaning | contrary to or forbidden by law. | |
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| Example | "unlawful measures" | |
| Synonyms | illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed | |
| Broader | illegal | prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules |
| Spanish | ilegítimo, ilícito | |
| Catalan | ilícit, il·legítim, il·lícit | |
| Nouns | unlawfulness | the quality of failing to conform to law |
| Adverbs | unlawfully | not conforming to the law |
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