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# unlawfully

«unlawfully» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **against the law** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (unlawfully)

### meaning for a pupil

Unlawfully means in a way that is against the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unlawfully/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Ezekiel it means wrongly and against God's law, as in cheating foreigners who live among the people. Interpretation: The Torah repeatedly commands care for the stranger. Tradition reads this verse as showing how far the people strayed from that law. In the primary lessons: Used in news, law and history: «unlawfully killed», «unlawfully detained», «entered the country unlawfully». It tells the reader that an action broke the law.

### examples

- The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger unlawfully. (Prophets EZK.22.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unlawfully/#x1)
- The man was arrested for unlawfully entering the building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unlawfully/#x2)
- The court said the workers had been unlawfully dismissed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unlawfully/#x3)
- Taking someone's bike without asking is acting unlawfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unlawfully/#x4)
- The prisoner claimed he was held unlawfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unlawfully/#x5)
- The land had been taken unlawfully many years ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unlawfully/#x6)
- The company unlawfully dumped waste in the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unlawfully/#x7)

### note

Formal; everyday speech says «illegally». Opposite: «lawfully», «legally». «Unlawfully» means against the law; «unfairly» means not fair but may still be legal.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unlawfully» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unlawfully/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.