Illegality (Absence or violation of law)
Nouns
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lawlessness
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illicitness
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breach of law, violation of law, infraction of the law
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disobedience etc. Disobedience
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unconformity etc. Unconformity. arbitrariness etc. adj.
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antinomy, violence, brute force, despotism, outlawry. mob law, lynch law, club law, Lydford law, martial law, drumhead law
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informality, unlawfulness, illegitimacy, bar sinister. trover and conversion [Law]
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smuggling, poaching
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simony. [person who violates the law] outlaw, bad man etc. Bad Man. v.. offend against the law
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violate the law, infringe the law, break the law
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set the law at defiance, ride roughshod over, drive a coach and six through a statute
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ignore the law, make the law a dead letter, take the law into one's own hands. smuggle, run, poach.
Adjectives
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illegal [contrary to law], unlawful, illegitimate
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not allowed, prohibited etc. Prohibition
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illicit, contraband
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actionable. unwarranted, unwarrantable
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unauthorized
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informal, unofficial
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injudicial, extrajudicial. lawless, arbitrary
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despotic, despotical
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corrupt, summary, irresponsible
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unanswerable, unaccountable. [of invalid or expired law] expired, invalid
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unchartered, unconstitutional
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null and void
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a dead letter. [in absence of law] lawless, unregulated
Adverbs
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illegally etc. adj.
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with a high hand, in violation of law.