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单词 unlaw
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Definition of unlaw in English:

unlaw

noun ˈʌnlɔː
  • 1Violation of the law; illegal action; illegality, criminality; injustice; an instance of any of these. In later use also: absence of the rule of law, lawlessness.

  • 2Scottish. A fine or other penalty imposed on an offender. Now historical.

Origin

Old English; earliest use found in Wulfstan. From un- + law, probably partly after early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic úlǫg (plural noun) injustice, lawlessness (Icelandic ólög, plural noun), Norwegian ulag ill temper, disorder, (regional) evil custom or habit, Old Swedish olagh (Swedish olag), Old Danish ulog (Danish ulov), both in sense ‘violation of the law, illegal action’).

 
 

Definition of unlaw in US English:

unlaw

nounˈʌnlɔː
  • 1Violation of the law; illegal action; illegality, criminality; injustice; an instance of any of these. In later use also: absence of the rule of law, lawlessness.

  • 2Scottish. A fine or other penalty imposed on an offender. Now historical.

Origin

Old English; earliest use found in Wulfstan. From un- + law, probably partly after early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic úlǫg (plural noun) injustice, lawlessness (Icelandic ólög, plural noun), Norwegian ulag ill temper, disorder, (regional) evil custom or habit, Old Swedish olagh (Swedish olag), Old Danish ulog (Danish ulov), both in sense ‘violation of the law, illegal action’).

 
 
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