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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | criminal |
| Synonyms: | base, corrupt, evil, illegal, illicit, lawbreaking, villainous, wrongful |
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| Main Entry: | illegal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | against the law |
| Synonyms: | actionable, banned, black-market, bootleg, contraband, criminal, crooked, extralegal, felonious, forbidden, heavy*, hot*, illegitimate, illicit, interdicted, irregular, lawless, not approved, not legal, outlawed, outside the law, prohibited, proscribed, prosecutable, racket, shady, smuggled, sub rosa, taboo, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under the table, unlawful, unlicensed, unofficial, unwarrantable, unwarranted, verboten, violating, wildcat, wrongful |
| Notes: | a form of conduct will be illicit and a type of practice will be illegal |
| Antonyms: | allowed, authorized, ethical, good, lawful, legal, legitimate, moral, permissible, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | illicit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not legal; forbidden |
| Synonyms: | adulterous, black-market, bootleg, clandestine, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, crooked, dirty*, felonious, furtive, guilty, heavy*, illegal, illegitimate, immoral, improper, in violation of law, lawless, out of line, prohibited, racket, unauthorized, unlawful, unlicensed, wrong, wrongful |
| Notes: | elicit means to call forth emotions, feelings, and responses or to bring out or draw out, while illicit means contrary to or forbidden by law - unlawful literally, illegitimate is 'not lawful' and illicit is 'not allowed' a form of conduct will be illicit and a type of practice will be illegal |
| Antonyms: | blessed, good, legal, legitimate, licit, moral, noble, proper, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unconstitutional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illegal |
| Synonyms: | against the law, banned, criminal, felonious, forbidden, illegitimate, illicit, lawless, not legal, outlawed, prohibited, prosecutable, unauthorized, unlawful, violating, wrongful |
| Main Entry: | villainous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | criminal |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, bad, corrupt, crooked, cruel, culpable, deplorable, depraved, diabolical, dirty, evil, felonious, hateful, ignoble, illegal, illicit, immoral, iniquitous, knavish, lawless, low, mean, nefarious, peccant, reprehensible, scandalous, shady*, sinful, unlawful, vile, wicked |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, dishonest |
| Synonyms: | amoral, bad, base, blamable, blameworthy, blasphemous, censurable, corrupt, criminal, crooked, debauched, depraved, dishonorable, dissipated, dissolute, evil, felonious, illegal, illicit, indecent, iniquitous, naughty, profane, profligate, reprehensible, reprobate, risqué, sacrilegious, salacious, shady, sinful, smutty, unethical, unfair, ungodly, unholy, unjust, unlawful, unrighteous, vicious, wanton, wicked, wrongful |
| Antonyms: | decent, good, honest, moral |
| Main Entry: | wrongful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | evil, illegal |
| Synonyms: | blameworthy, criminal, dishonest, dishonorable, felonious, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, improper, lawless, reprehensible, unethical, unfair, unjust, unlawful, wicked |
| Antonyms: | ethical, fair, good, just, legal, rightful |
| Main Entry: | outlawed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illegal |
| Synonyms: | actionable, banned, black-market, bootleg, contraband, criminal, crooked, extralegal, felonious, forbidden, heavy*, hot*, illegitimate, illicit, interdicted, irregular, lawless, not approved, not legal, outside the law, prohibited, proscribed, prosecutable, racket, shady, smuggled, sub rosa, taboo*, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under the table, unlawful, unlicensed, unofficial, unwarrantable, unwarranted, verboten, violating, wildcat, wrongful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Wrong. |
| Category: | 1. Moral obligations |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
wrong; what ought not to be, what should not be; malum in se; unreasonableness, grievance; shame., injustice; unfairness; iniquity, foul play, partiality, leaning; favor, favoritism; nepotism, party spirit; undueness; unlawfulness., robbing Peter to pay Paul; the wolf and the lamb; vice., "a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet].
-verbs
be wrong; cry to heaven for vengeance., do wrong; be inequitable; favor, lean towards; encroach upon, impose upon; reap where one has not sown; give an inch and take an ell; rob Peter to pay Paul.
-adjectives
wrong, wrongful; bad, too bad; unjust, unfair; inequitable, unequitable; unequal, partial, one-sided; injurious., objectionable; unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable; improper, unfit; unjustified; illegal; iniquitous; immoral., in the wrong, in the wrong box.
-adverbs
wrongly
-phrases
it will not do.
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| Antonyms: | right |
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