Definition of "unlawfully" []

• In a manner not conforming to the law. (adverb)

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• "ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday."
• "Yes, internally displaced Sri Lankans are beginning to return home … but more than 250,000 remain unlawfully detained."
• "Also creates a new forensic document laboratory to collect and analyze information about the production, sale and distribution of fraudulent documents intended to be used to enter, travel or remain unlawfully in the"