OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 19522

unlawful

Meanings (ES + gloss)
ilegal
Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal)
He was charged with unlawful use of a car.
That year a U.S. appeals court found the program Snowden had exposed was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth.
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