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unlawful [ˌʌnˈlɔːfʊl] ADJ

▶ unlawfully ADV
▶ unlawfulness N

dreadfully ADV

1. dreadfully:

lawful [ˈlɔːfʊl] ADJ

unlucky [ˌʌnˈlʌkı] ADJ

▶ unluckily ADV
▶ unluckiness N

awful [ˈɔːfʊl] ADJ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The purpose is to document interests which may potentially unethically or unlawfully influence members' official duties.
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He had been unlawfully subject to a stop-and-search without adequate cause, after speaking at an anti-arms rally.
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With trouble as it is, he then finds two detectives unlawfully searching his car without a warrant.
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The words damnum iniuria datum mean damage unlawfully caused, but we get the expression actio damni iniuriae.
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He was demanding $100 trillion, as well as $1 billion per day in interest for unlawfully confining him.
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It was also the first time the court found that a person in a social care institution was unlawfully detained.
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In addition, the statute creates a cause of action for private individuals whose communications were unlawfully monitored.
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But these campaigns have been unlawfully suppressed by local police.
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The activists later complained they had been unlawfully detained in their room after the forced entry, with no water or food allowed into the room.
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Despite such overview, there still exists the possibility of domestic-security agencies acting unlawfully and taking on some characteristics of secret police.
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