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| chaperone |
a person, usu. older, who accompanies unmarried young people on social occasions to assure that no improper, unlawful, or unsafe behavior occurs. [1/2 definitions] |
| defraud |
to deprive of something by wrongful and usu. unlawful deception; cheat; swindle. |
| forbidden fruit |
any sinful or unlawful indulgence, esp. sexual. [1/2 definitions] |
| habeas corpus |
in law, a writ calling for a detained person to be brought before a court, designed to insure against unlawful detention or imprisonment. |
| illegal |
contrary to law, rules, or the like; unlawful. [1/2 definitions] |
| illegitimate |
not legitimate; unlawful. [1/6 definitions] |
| malice |
in law, intention to harm others in committing an unlawful act. [1/2 definitions] |
| manslaughter |
unlawful but unpremeditated killing of a human being. (Cf. murder.) |
| misconduct |
improper, often unlawful behavior; misbehavior. [1/3 definitions] |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. (Cf. malfeasance, nonfeasance.) |
| plunder |
the wrong or unlawful taking of goods. [1/5 definitions] |
| put (someone) up to |
to persuade (someone) to do (something foolish, mischievous, or unlawful). |
| usurpation |
the unlawful or violent seizure of royal power. [1/2 definitions] |
| writ of habeas corpus |
a legal order calling for a detained person to be brought before a court, designed to insure against unlawful detention or imprisonment. |
| wrongful |
unlawful. [1/2 definitions] |
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