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unlawfulness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegality |
| Synonyms: | illegitimacy, illegitimateness, illegitimation, illicitness |
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| Main Entry: | crookedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corruption |
| Synonyms: | corruptness, deceit, deviousness, dishonesty, improbity, shadiness, underhandedness, unlawfulness |
| Main Entry: | illegality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegal state |
| Synonyms: | clandestineness, illegitimacy, illicitness, immorality, lawlessness, unlawfulness, wrong |
| Main Entry: | illicitness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegality |
| Synonyms: | clandestineness, illegitimacy, immorality, lawlessness, unlawfulness, wrong |
| Main Entry: | unfairness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injustice |
| Synonyms: | abuse, breach, crime, crying shame, damage, dirty deal, discrimination, encroachment, favoritism, grievance, inequality, inequity, infraction, infringement, iniquity, malfeasance, malpractice, maltreatment, miscarriage, mischief, negligence, offense, onesidedness, oppression, outrage, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, railroad, ruin, sellout, transgression, trespass, unjustness, unlawfulness, villainy, violation, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | unjustness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injustice |
| Synonyms: | abuse, breach, crime, crying shame, damage, dirty deal, discrimination, encroachment, favoritism, grievance, inequality, inequity, infraction, infringement, iniquity, malfeasance, malpractice, maltreatment, miscarriage, mischief, negligence, offense, onesidedness, oppression, outrage, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, railroad, ruin, sellout, transgression, trespass, unfairness, unlawfulness, villainy, violation, wrong, wrongdoing |
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| Concept: | [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality. |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
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-nouns
lawlessness; illicitness; breach of law, violation of law; disobedience; unconformity., arbitrariness; antinomy, violence, brute force, despotism, outlawry., mob law, lynch law, club law, Lydford law, martial law, drumhead law; coup d'etat; le droit du plus fort; argumentum baculinum. illegality, informality, unlawfulness, illegitimacy, bar sinister., trover and conversion; smuggling, poaching; simony.
-verbs
offend against the law; violate the law; set the law at defiance, ride roughshod over, drive a coach and six through a statute; make the law a dead letter, take the law into one's own hands., smuggle, run, poach.
-adjectives
illegal, prohibited; unlawful, illegitimate; not allowed, illicit, contraband, actionable., unchartered, unconstitutional; unwarranted, unwarrantable; unauthorized; informal, unofficial; injudicial, extrajudicial., lawless, arbitrary; despotic, despotical; summary, irresponsible; unanswerable, unaccountable., null and void; a dead letter.
-adverbs
illegally; with a high hand, in violation of law.
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| Antonyms: | legality |
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