unlawful

adjectives

not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention
"an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices"
improper, unconventional, unlawful
is derived from
unlawfulness
contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law
"unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters"
unlawful
is derived from
unlawfulness
antonym
lawful
is similar to
disobedient to or defiant of law
"lawless bands roaming the plains"
lawless, outlaw
is similar to
lax in enforcing laws
"a wide-open town"
lawless, wide-open
is similar to
unlawfully violating the rights of others
"wrongful death"; "a wrongful diversion of trust income"
wrongful
see also
prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
"an illegal chess move"
illegal
see also
not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
corrupt, crooked
is an attribute of
the quality of conforming to law
lawfulness
not morally right or permissible
"unlawful love"
unlawful
is similar to
contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention
"an illicit association with his secretary"
illicit
having no legally established claim
"the wrongful heir to the throne"
unlawful, wrongful
is derived from
unlawfulness
contrary to or forbidden by law
"an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"
illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful
is derived from
unlawfulness