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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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
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
- law
- e-law
- lawly
- BigLaw
- lawman
- lawbot
- sublaw
- outlaw
- lawful
- nonlaw
- lawyer
- prelaw
- lawing
- lawless
- lawbook
- lawcode
- lawlike
- lawsome
- metalaw
- lawsuit
- Westlaw
- Eurolaw
- lawmaker
- lawgiver
- neurolaw
- powerlaw
- cyberlaw
- astrolaw
- scofflaw
- lawgiving
- lawmaking
- lawmonger
- pseudolaw
- lawbreaker
- Zipf's law
- lawspeaker
- lawbreaking
- law enforcement
- brethren-in-law