unlaw

English

noun

Definitions

(obsolete) A crime, an illegal action.
Absence of law; lawlessness.
(obsolete) A fine exacted from a transgressor of the law.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English unlawe inherited from Old English unlagu (violation of law, lawlessness, illegality, injustice) prefix from English law (low).

Origin

English

law

Gloss

low

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Cognates and derived terms

BigLaw English
Eurolaw English
Westlaw English
Zipf's law English
astrolaw English
brethren-in-law English
cyberlaw English
e-law English
law English
law enforcement English
lawbook English
lawbot English
lawbreaker English
lawbreaking English
lawcode English
lawful English
lawgiver English
lawgiving English
lawing English
lawless English
lawlike English
lawly English
lawmaker English
lawmaking English
lawman English
lawmonger English
lawsome English
lawspeaker English
lawsuit English
lawyer English
metalaw English
neurolaw English
nonlaw English
outlaw English
powerlaw English
prelaw English
pseudolaw English
scofflaw English
sublaw English
unlagu Old English
lawe Middle English
unlawe Middle English
lagh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
lo Tok Pisin