unlawful act
Example Sentences
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It issued the tour operator with an "unlawful act notice" - meaning Pontins now has until 9 April to produce an action plan about how it will address its concerns.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024
Behavior that rises to a “true threat” must be a “serious expression of intent to commit an unlawful act of violence targeted to a group or individual,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023
"Freedom of peaceful assembly is an essential hallmark of democracy, but what occurred last night was an unlawful act of violence," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said.
From Reuters • Jul. 20, 2023
Cheryl Sullenger wrote that because of Braid’s “defiant attitude and his unlawful act, he has committed unprofessional conduct.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2021
For they took us up in the open street, the King's highway, not doing any unlawful act; but peaceably carrying and accompanying the corpse of our deceased Friend, to bury it.
From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Arber, Thomas Seccombe, Professor
