Antonym: lawful. Similar words: unlawfulness, awful, awfully, in-law, in-laws, common law, roman law, son-in-law. Meaning: adj. 1. not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention 2. contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law 3. not morally right or permissible 4. having no legally established claim 5. contrary to or forbidden by law.
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1. He claimed damages for unlawful eviction.
2. He drove his car at an unlawful speed.
3. It is unlawful for a teacher to inflict corporal punishment on pupils.
4. Don't mess about with married women, it's unlawful.
5. They evicted the property from its unlawful possessor.
6. The jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing.
7. They had entered the country by unlawful means .
8. They were charged with unlawful possession of firearms.
9. A pushed-in window indicated unlawful entry.
10. The jury delivered a verdict of unlawful killing.
11. He was convicted of having unlawful sex with an underage girl.
12. It is unlawful for factories to emit black smoke into the air.
13. It is unjust and unlawful to discriminate against people of other races.
14. He was arrested for the unlawful possession of fire arms.
15. She accused her employer of unlawful dismissal and won/lost her case.
16. The jury today returned a verdict of unlawful killing.
17. The revenue has made an unlawful demand for tax.
18. Involuntary manslaughter is unlawful homicide without malice aforethought.
19. The court rules that the raid had been unlawful.
20. Discrimination on the grounds of sex or race is unlawful.
21. The council and district auditors have agreed that the deals were unlawful.
22. The appeal court upheld a finding that the agreement was unlawful.
23. The lawyer was disbarred from practice when he was round guilty of unlawful acts.
24. The question arose as to whether this behaviour was unlawful.
25. by lawful/legal means. Lawful tends to be used in technical or literary contexts. The same is true of the opposites, unlawful and illegal, but illegal is used especially about criminal activities. Legal also means 'connected with the law':the US legal system.
26. Racist remarks by an employer to an employee can amount to unlawful discrimination.
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27. Pending a successful appeal, Downing could claim for wrongful arrest and 27 years unlawful detention.
28. I do not however consider that Viscount Kilmuir was intending to state that any payment in response to any unlawful demand could be recovered.
29. The Attorney-General may proceed in the High Court for an Order to prevent the local authority carrying out its intended unlawful act.
30. The other forms of the tort require interference by unlawful means.
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