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unlaw

noun

Etymology

From Middle English unlawe, unlaȝ, unlage, from Old English unlagu (“violation of law, illegality, injustice, lawlessness”), equivalent to un- (“lack or absence of”) + law.

  1. inherited from unlagu — “violation of law, illegality, injustice, lawlessness”
  2. inherited from unlawe

Definitions

  1. A crime, an illegal action.

  2. Absence of law

    Absence of law; lawlessness.

    • In regard to abortion we are now lawless. The law of the land is no law at all; that is, unlaw reigns.

  3. A fine exacted from a transgressor of the law.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To deprive of the authority or character of law.

    2. To put beyond the protection of the law

      To put beyond the protection of the law; to outlaw.

    3. To fine.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA