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comparative more unlawful, superlative most unlawful
(law) Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal). quotations examples
That year a U.S. appeals court found the program Snowden had exposed was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth.
2022 September 26, “Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Snowden”, in Mark Trevelyan, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 26 September 2022, Europe