I did nothing unlawful.
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Unlawful
Synonyms for "unlawful" (131 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
not donenot permittednot the thingobjectionableoff baseoff coloroff limitsoff-baseoff-colorout of boundsout of lineout-of-lineoutlawprohibitedproscribedpunishableruled outsacrilegiousscandalousshameful
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shamelesssinfultabootabooedterribletriableunallowedunauthorizedunbalancedunconstitutionalunconventionalunder the banunder the tableunder-the-counterunder-the-tableundeservedundueunequalunevenunfitunfittingunlicensedunmeritedunofficialunpermissibleunreasonableunrighteousunsanctionedunseemlyunstatutoryunsuitableuntouchableunwarrantableunwarrantedverbotenvetoedwickedwide openwrong
Adjective(4 words)
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8 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
15 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 23 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- onwettig adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παράνομος adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Bulgarian
1 entries- незаконен adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 不合法的 adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- 違法的 /违法的 adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- 非法的 adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- qanunsız adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Danish
3 entries- illegal adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- lovstridig adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- ulovlig adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Dutch
4 entries- illegaal adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- onwettig adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- verboden adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- wederrechtelijk adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Finnish
2 entries- lainvastainen adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- laiton adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
French
1 entries- illégal adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Galician
1 entries- ilegal adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Georgian
3 entries- არაკანონიერი adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- კანონსაწინააღმდეგო adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- უკანონო adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
German
4 entries- gesetzeswidrig adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- gesetzwidrig adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- illegal adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- ungesetzlich adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Hungarian
4 entries- illegális adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- jogellenes adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- jogszabályellenes adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- jogszerűtlen adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Irish
3 entries- aindílis adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- neamhdhleathach adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- neamhdhlisteanach adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Latin
1 entries- illicitus adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Norwegian
1 entries- rettsstridig adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ulovlig adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ulovleg adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Polish
3 entries- bezprawny adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- niedozwolony adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- nielegalny adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Russian
3 entries- незако́нный adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- нелега́льный adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
- неправоме́рный adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Spanish
1 entries- ilegal adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Swedish
1 entries- olaglig adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Welsh
1 entries- anghyfreithiol adj (prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law))
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I'm telling you for certain! That man's the worst of the worst! As he's the cream of the crime crop, you shouldn't be surprised that he's notorious for murder and unlawful subjugation.
Source: tatoeba (4603170)
Lady Stair sent him for answer, that her daughter, sensible of her undutiful behaviour in entering into a contract unsanctioned by her parents, had retracted her unlawful vow, and now refused to fulfil her engagement with him.
Source: tatoeba (7752075)
And when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob, behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter.
Source: tatoeba (7855429)
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