unlawfulness

Example Sentences

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"It's very low on the Richter scale of unlawfulness and there may be a public interest," he explained.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

“That unlawfulness — of seizing U.S. business interests, nationalizing them, in a way that was not in accordance with the required procedures — is not a basis for using force,” Schmitt said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2026

“We’re not going to allow any unlawfulness and any disruption of any celebration of one’s heritage in this city,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said at a security briefing.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2024

But to do each of these things requires defining unlawfulness down and also defining oversight down.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2020

It is not true that we must choose between the denial or the unlawfulness of leisure; thanks to rent and its natural duration, leisure may arise from labor and saving.

From Sophisms of the Protectionists by White, Horace