unlawful

English

From Middle English unlawful; equivalent to un- +‎ lawful.

unlawful (comparative more unlawful, superlative most unlawful)

(law) Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal).
He was charged with unlawful use of a car.
- 2022 September 26, “Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Snowden”, in Mark Trevelyan, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 26 September 2022, Europe:
  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.

prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law)

Afrikaans: onwettig
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: незаконен (bg) (nezakonen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 非法的 (fēifǎ de), 違法的／违法的 (wéifǎ de), 不合法的 (bùhéfǎ de)
Crimean Tatar: qanunsız
Danish: ulovlig (da), lovstridig, illegal (da)
Dutch: verboden (nl), illegaal (nl), onwettig (nl), wederrechtelijk (nl)
Finnish: laiton (fi), lainvastainen (fi)
French: illégal (fr)
Galician: ilegal
Georgian: არაკანონიერი (araḳanonieri), კანონსაწინააღმდეგო (ḳanonsac̣inaaɣmdego), უკანონო (uḳanono)
German: gesetzeswidrig (de), gesetzwidrig (de), ungesetzlich (de), illegal (de)
Greek:
Ancient: παράνομος (paránomos)
Hungarian: jogsértő (hu), jogellenes (hu), jogtalan (hu), jogszabályellenes, törvénysértő (hu), törvényellenes (hu), törvénytelen (hu), illegális (hu), tiltott (hu), törvénybe ütköző, jogszerűtlen (hu)
Irish: aindílis, neamhdhleathach, neamhdhlisteanach
Latin: illicitus
Norwegian: rettsstridig
Bokmål: ulovlig (no)

Nynorsk: ulovleg
Polish: nielegalny (pl) m, niedozwolony (pl) m, bezprawny (pl) m
Russian: незако́нный (ru) (nezakónnyj), нелега́льный (ru) (nelegálʹnyj), неправоме́рный (ru) (nepravomérnyj)
Spanish: ilegal (es)
Swedish: olaglig (sv)
Welsh: anghyfreithiol (cy)

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