unlawfully

comparative more unlawfully · superlative most unlawfully

1. In a manner not conforming to the law.

   The deceased was unlawfully killed during a riot.

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   Look here, my body-snatchers, you have unlawfully abridged the liberty of one of the sons of the sovereign State of New York!

   1877, R. Rae, Newport, section 40

   The information charges that the said Flem Parker, on or about the 20th day of November, 1890, and before the filing of this information, at the county and state aforesaid, did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously enter a certain barn […]

   1892, The Pacific Reporter, volume 27, page 538

   After an inquest's ruling yesterday, it is now official that the newspaper vendor, Ian Tomlinson, was unlawfully killed amid the policing of the G20 protests in 2009. Many who saw the footage the Guardian obtained, which showed PC Simon Harwood striking Mr Tomlinson just before his death, will regard the verdict as a statement of the blindingly obvious.

   2011 May 4, Ian Tomlinson, “Unlawfully killed by the law”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2016

   Synonyms: illegally, criminally, forbiddenly, illegally, illegitimately, illicitly