The meaning of Unlawful

adjective

Giving sufficient reason to take legal action.

Usage examples:

An actionable assertion

verb

Officially or legally prohibit (something).

Usage examples:

Parking is banned around the harbour in summer

noun

An official or legal prohibition.

Usage examples:

A proposed ban on cigarette advertising

noun

A curse.

Usage examples:

The land might be smitten by the ban which once fell upon the canaanites

noun

A person who has committed a crime.

Usage examples:

These men are dangerous criminals

adjective

Relating to crime.

Usage examples:

They are charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage

adjective

Involving or having the character of a crime

Usage examples:

She may face criminal charges for lying to a grand jury., he had an extensive criminal record (= an…

adjective

Deserving blame.

Usage examples:

Mercy killings are less culpable than ‘ordinary’ murders

adjective

Deserving to be blamed or considered responsible for something bad

Usage examples:

The landowner could be proved culpable for starting the fire., he strongly denies any culpability i…

adjective

(typically of a young person) tending to commit crime, particularly minor crime.

Usage examples:

Delinquent teenagers

noun

A delinquent person.

Usage examples:

Juvenile delinquents

adjective

Late in paying money owed

Usage examples:

She was delinquent in paying her taxes.

adjective

Relating to or involved in crime.

Usage examples:

They turned their felonious talents to the smuggling trade

adjective

Relating to a felony (= a serious crime that can be punished by one or more years in prison)

Usage examples:

They try to keep offenders away from the factors that influenced their felonious behaviour in the p…

adjective

Not allowed; banned.

Usage examples:

A list of forbidden books

verb

Refuse to allow (something).

Usage examples:

I can see why phones were forbidden

adjective

Not permitted, esp. by rule or law

Usage examples:

Automobiles are forbidden on the island., he was strictly forbidden to talk with them.

adjective

Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.

Usage examples:

Illegal drugs

noun

A person living in a country without official authorization.

Usage examples:

Letting the states bill the feds for the costs associated with illegals would hit the politicians i…

adjective

Against the law

Usage examples:

Fireworks are illegal in many places., illegally obtained passports

adjective

Not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rules.

Usage examples:

Defending workers against illegitimate managerial practices

noun

A person who is illegitimate by birth.

Usage examples:

A woman responding to a survey about the experience of illegitimates in 1986 said that her mother ‘…

adjective

Forbidden by law, rules, or custom.

Usage examples:

Illicit drugs

Contrary to accepted morality or convention

adjective

Illegal or socially disapproved of

Usage examples:

Illicit trade, illicit activities

adjective

(of an offence) rendering the person who commits it liable to be charged with a serious crime that warrants a trial by jury.

Usage examples:

Company law contains a total of 138 indictable offences

adjective

An indictable crime is one that someone can be accused of in a court of law

Usage examples:

An indictable offense

adjective

Made illegal; banned.

Usage examples:

An outlawed extremist group

verb

Ban or make illegal.

Usage examples:

Secondary picketing has been outlawed

verb

Past simple and past participle of outlaw

Usage examples:

The new law will outlaw smoking in public places.

adjective

That has been forbidden; banned.

Usage examples:

They had deliberately fed prohibited material to their herd

verb

Formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority.

Usage examples:

All ivory trafficking between nations is prohibited

verb

Past simple and past participle of prohibit

Usage examples:

Motor vehicles are prohibited from driving in the town centre., the government introduced a law pro…

verb

Forbid, especially by law.

Usage examples:

Strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces

verb

Past simple and past participle of proscribe

Usage examples:

Torture and summary execution of political prisoners are proscribed by international law., the athl…

adjective

Not having official permission or approval.

Usage examples:

Unauthorized access to the computer system

adjective

Without official permission

Usage examples:

An unauthorized biography, an unauthorized version of the software is being sold abroad.

adjective

Not officially allowed

Usage examples:

He concealed huge losses made from unauthorized trading on asian futures markets., unauthorized ent…

adjective

Not sanctioned.

Usage examples:

A series of unsanctioned rallies against high local unemployment

adjective

Not officially allowed or approved

Usage examples:

Police detained several opposition leaders after an unsanctioned rally in the capital., these playe…