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We've grown accustomed to injustice in Russia. People are constantly being arrested unlawfully.
Alexei Navalny

Meaning of "unlawfully" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNLAWFULLY

unlawfully  [ʌnˈlɔːfʊlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNLAWFULLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unlawfully is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES UNLAWFULLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Illegal

Illegal, or unlawful, is used to describe something that is prohibited or not authorized by law. Illegal may also refer to: ▪ Law ▪ Crime, the practice of breaking the law ▪ An illegal immigrant - see illegal immigration ▪ Illegal resident spy ▪ Entertainment ▪ Illegal, a British film ▪ Illegal, an American film ▪ Illegal, a 2010 Belgian film ▪ Illegal, a 1990s rap group ▪ "Illegal", a track from pop singer Shakira's 2005 release, Oral Fixation Vol. 2...

Definition of unlawfully in the English dictionary

The definition of unlawfully in the dictionary is in a manner that is illegal.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNLAWFULLY


carefully
ˈkeəfʊlɪ
delightfully
dɪˈlaɪtfʊlɪ
faithfully
ˈfeɪθfʊlɪ
forcefully
ˈfɔːsfʊlɪ
fully
ˈfʊlɪ
gleefully
ˈɡliːfʊlɪ
gracefully
ˈɡreɪsfʊlɪ
gratefully
ˈɡreɪtfʊlɪ
hopefully
ˈhəʊpfʊlɪ
lawfully
ˈlɔːfʊlɪ
painfully
ˈpeɪnfʊlɪ
peacefully
ˈpiːsfʊlɪ
respectfully
rɪˈspɛktfʊlɪ
ruefully
ˈruːfʊlɪ
successfully
səkˈsɛsfʊlɪ
tastefully
ˈteɪstfʊlɪ
thankfully
ˈθæŋkfʊlɪ
thoughtfully
ˈθɔːtfʊlɪ
truthfully
ˈtruːθfʊlɪ
wonderfully
ˈwʌndəfʊlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNLAWFULLY

unlaboured
unlace
unlaced
unlade
unladen
unladylike
unlaid
unlamented
unlash
unlatch
unlaundered
unlaw
unlawful
unlawful assembly
unlawful entry
unlawful killing
unlawful possession
unlawful wounding
unlawfulness
unlay

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNLAWFULLY

artfully
awfully
beautifully
blissfully
bully
cheerfully
fruitfully
healthfully
joyfully
masterfully
meaningfully
playfully
purposefully
rightfully
skillfully
unmercifully
unsuccessfully
usefully
willfully
woefully
wrongfully

Synonyms and antonyms of unlawfully in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unlawfully» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNLAWFULLY

Find out the translation of unlawfully to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unlawfully from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unlawfully» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

非法
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ilegalmente
570 millions of speakers

English

unlawfully
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अवैध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بصورة غير قانونية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

незаконно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ilegalmente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবৈধভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

illégalement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Secara tidak sah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

illegal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

違法に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불법
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unlawfully
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bất hợp pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சட்டத்திற்குப் புறம்பாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेकायदेशीरपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yasadışı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abusivamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niezgodnie z prawem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незаконно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în mod ilegal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παράνομα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onwettig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

olagligen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ulovlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unlawfully

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNLAWFULLY»

The term «unlawfully» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.894 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNLAWFULLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unlawfully» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unlawfully» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unlawfully

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «UNLAWFULLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unlawfully.
1
Dan Glickman
The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and are not for others to steal or unlawfully distribute.
2
Alexei Navalny
We've grown accustomed to injustice in Russia. People are constantly being arrested unlawfully.
3
Mark Thomas
Maybe... there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for unlawfully detaining 120 people. Maybe they just got carried away with last year's idea of pre-emptive strikes and thought, 'Let's not wait for an actual crime to occur. Let's get the innocent.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNLAWFULLY»

Discover the use of unlawfully in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unlawfully and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Unlawfully Wedded Bride
"Inspirational historical romance"--Spine.
Noelle Marchand, 2011
2
John Teasley and Nairobi Teasley Unlawfully Made Guilty ...
This book is about my two innocent sons being put on trial, by people of the Hamilton County Justice System.
Regenia McQueen-Teasley, 2005
3
Acts of the government of India from 1834 to 1838 inclusive: ...
ACTS of 1838. to administer to any person, or shall cause to be taken by any person, any poison ' or other destructive thing, or shall unlawfully and maliciously attempt to drown, suffocate, or strangle any person, or shall unlawfully and ...
‎1840
4
EU Cross-border Gathering and Use of Evidence in Criminal ...
As a first point of focus, the status of rules on unlawfully obtained evidence in domestic cases was assessed. The exact same set of questions was asked for the scenario in which unlawfully obtained evidence is transferred to a member state, ...
Gert Vermeulen, Wendy De Bondt, Yasmin van Damme, 2010
5
the abolition of slavery
... in the district aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction aforesaid, with force and arms, unlawfully, wickedly and maliciously incited, encouraged, and, as much as in them lay, endeavoured and laboured to persuade, instigate and prevail on divers ...
‎1835
6
The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta [to the End of ...
L K» WHEREAS rfo preventing the currency of dipt and unlawfully diminijhed, and counterfeit money x is a more jfsepuqf I /<? preserve the coin of this kingdom intire and purex than the means most rigorous laws for the punijhment of such as  ...
Great Britain, Danby Pickering, 1764
7
A Complete System of Pleading: Comprehending the Most ...
... highway or street there, having at the fame time the (bid gun so presented, levelled, and pointed at and towards them the said J. B. and J. A. as aforesaid ; and that he the said J. B. did then and there, with force and arms, unlawfully, violently, ...
John Wentworth, 1797
8
Southern Slaves in Free State Courts: The Pamphlet Literature
The Jurors for the Commonwealth aforesaid, on their oath present, That Simuel Stratton, Samuel Foster, James E, Cheney, and Farnum White, junior, all of Holden, in the County of Worcester, unlawfully and wrongfully deviling and intending to ...
Paul Finkelman, 2012
9
The Law of Copyright
st imported, and also as respects any Copies unlawfully printed in any prohibited ^ace whatsoever of any Books wherein there shall be any such sub- to be im- sisting Copyright as aforesaid, any Person who shall in any part of ported. the ...
Thomas Edward Scrutton, 1903
10
A Collection of Statutes Connected with the General ...
It is agreed, that an Indictment for a forcible Entry may he maintained at common Law ; but an Indictment, stating that the Defendants, with Force and Arms, unlawfully broke and entered a Close, and unlawfully and unjustly expelled the ...
Great Britain, William David Evans, Anthony Hammond, 1836

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNLAWFULLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unlawfully is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Police detention of women and children unlawful - IPCA report
Police have been found to have acted unlawfully in detaining women and children when trying to arrest a man in south Auckland. The attempted arrest ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Theresa May unlawfully detained potential trafficking victims, court …
Theresa May unlawfully detained potential trafficking victims, court rules ... Blake ruled on Monday that all three claimants had been detained unlawfully by May. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Wife with dementia unlawfully killed by carer husband
A man unlawfully killed his wife who was suffering from dementia because he could no longer cope with caring for her, an inquest has found. Former teacher ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
Phillip John Smith 'unlawfully returned to NZ' - lawyer
Murderer and sex offender Phillip John Smith's lawyer is arguing he was unlawfully returned to New Zealand and his rights to a presumption of innocence have ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
5
LA Doctor Convicted Of Unlawfully Prescribing Narcotics
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A 56-year-old physician has been convicted of prescribing narcotics to patients who had no medical need for them, the Los ... «CBS Local, May 15»
6
Corner Brook man claims he has been unlawfully detained
“I am completely being unlawfully detained,” he said. “I have not been charged and I don't have a pre-existing mental condition. “They are basically fishing for ... «Western Star, Apr 15»
7
Unlawfully at large killer caught in North Belfast
Samuel McKinley, who has been unlawfully at large since December 22, was found in North Belfast on Tuesday at 5am. The 53-year-old will be returned to ... «Belfast Live, Mar 15»
8
Man Who Sexually Assaulted 12-Year-Old Unlawfully at Large
Vancouver Police gave the alert Sunday morning that 39-year-old Jason Bresnahan was unlawfully at large after not returning to his Vancouver halfway house ... «KelownaNow, Feb 15»
9
Murderer unlawfully at large
... Byers, on Phase 3 of the release scheme, which involves living at home, has failed to observe curfew regulations and has been posted as unlawfully at large.". «U.TV, Jan 15»
10
British Doctor 'Unlawfully Killed' In Syria
British Doctor 'Unlawfully Killed' In Syria. Abbas Khan's family believe the medic was murdered but Syrian officials say he committed suicide after 13 months in ... «Sky News, Oct 14»

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