unlaw.
A crime, an illegal action.
Meaning & usage
A crime, an illegal action.
Absence of law; lawlessness.
A fine exacted from a transgressor of the law.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English unlawe, unlaȝ, unlage, from Old English unlagu (“violation of law, illegality, injustice, lawlessness”), equivalent to un- (“lack or absence of”) + law.
To deprive of the authority or character of law.
To put beyond the protection of the law; to outlaw.
To fine.
Where this word comes from
From un- (“reversal, undoing”) + law.
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