Unlawfully

/ʌnˈlɔːfəli/

Synonyms for "unlawfully" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(1 words)
act lawlessly
Adverb(2 words)
Verb(1 words)
disobey safety rules lawlessly

Strong matches (5)

Adjective(1 words)

Related words (9)

Noun(6 words)
more lawlessmost illegitimatemost lawlessno autorizadooperate lawlesslytransgress lawlessly

Related word relations

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More general

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adverbmanner adverb

More specific

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Collocations

5 entries
unlawfully alteredunlawfully claimedunlawfully disposedunlawfully manipulatedunlawfully obtained

Inflections

2 entries
more unlawfullymost unlawfully

Derivations

2 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

ICE's press release states that WSO officers "will not question individuals about their citizenship, alienage or removability, nor will they process aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States."

Source: tatoeba (11170298)

The deceased was unlawfully killed during a riot.

Source: wiktionary

Look here, my body-snatchers, you have unlawfully abridged the liberty of one of the sons of the sovereign State of New York!

Source: wiktionary

The information charges that the said Flem Parker, on or about the 20th day of November, 1890, and before the filing of this information, at the county and state aforesaid, did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously enter a certain barn […]

Source: wiktionary

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