unlawfully

adverb

un·​lawfully "+ 

: in an unlawful manner

accused of having unlawfully and willfully entered the waters … in search of loot

—Frank Yerby

Word History

Etymology

Middle English unlawefully, from unlaweful + -ly

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Rhymes for unlawfully

• lawfully