unlawful

Etymology

From Middle English unlawful; equivalent to un- + lawful.

adj

  1. (law">law) Prohibited; not permitted by law">law (either civil or criminal law">law; see illegal).
    He was charged with unlawful use of a car.
    That year a U.S. appeals court found the program Snowden had exposed was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth. September 26, 2022, “Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Snowden”, in Mark Trevelyan, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-09-26, Europe

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