unlaw

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A crime, an illegal action. obsolete,uncountable,usually
  2. Absence of law; lawlessness. uncountable,usually
    — In regard to abortion we are now lawless. The law of the land is no law at all; that is, unlaw reigns.
  3. A fine exacted from a transgressor of the law. obsolete,uncountable,usually
动词 v.
  1. To deprive of the authority or character of law. transitive
  2. To put beyond the protection of the law; to outlaw. transitive
  3. To fine. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

unlaws plural unlaws present,singular,third-person unlawing participle,present unlawed participle,past unlawed past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English unlawe, unlaȝ, unlage, from Old English unlagu (“violation of law, illegality, injustice, lawlessness”), equivalent to un- (“lack or absence of”) + law.
词源 2
From un- (“reversal, undoing”) + law.
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