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Definition of unlawful adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

unlawful

adjective

NAmE//ʌnˈlɔfl//

(formal)

not allowed by the law synonym illegal opposite lawful

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unlawfully

NAmE//ʌnˈlɔfəli//

adverbSee unlawful in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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