unlawfully

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
24
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ʌnˈlɔːfəli/

Definition of unlawfully

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a manner not conforming to the law.
    “The deceased was unlawfully killed during a riot.”
    “Look here, my body-snatchers, you have unlawfully abridged the liberty of one of the sons of the sovereign State of New York!”
    “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 […]”
    “After an inquest's ruling yesterday, it is now official that the newspaper vendor, Ian Tomlinson, was unlawfully killed amid the policing of the G20 protests in 2009. Many who saw the footage the Guardian obtained, which showed PC Simon Harwood striking Mr Tomlinson just before his death, will regard the verdict as a statement of the blindingly obvious.”

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Etymology

From unlawful + -ly or un- + lawfully.

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