laiton

Finnish

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Definitions
  • illegal, illegitimate, lawless, unlawful contrary to or forbidden by law
  • unlawful, illicit not approved by law, but not invalid
  • lawless, extralegal not governed by any law
  • lawless not restrained by the law or by discipline
  • (baseball) foul

Etymology

Suffix from Finnish laki (law, act, ceiling).

Origin

Finnish

laki

Gloss

law, act, ceiling

Concept
Semantic Field

Law

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji
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