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unlawful

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
unlawful/ʌnˈlɔːfl/

▶adjective not conforming to or permitted by the law or rules.

– derivatives
unlawfully adverb,
unlawfulness noun.

usage: On the difference between unlawful and illegal, see usage at illegal.

'unlawful' also found in these Oxford entries:

battery - baulk - complicit - complicity - confederacy - connive - conspiracy - conspire - conventicle - handball - illegal - illicit - incite - malice aforethought - murder - private nuisance - suborn

Forum discussions with the word(s) "unlawful" in the title:

held to be unlawful or unenforceable
robbery armed unlawful driving away an automobile
unlawful and illegal operations
unlawful/illegal

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