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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

morally wrong, illegal;

e.g. They were caught red handed in an unlawful act.

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Similar Words

Bad

Black

Bootleg

Contraband

Criminal

Dark

Evil

Evil-minded

Illegal

Illegitimate

Illicit

Immoral

Iniquitous

Lawless

Nefarious

Nonconstitutional

Rotten

Shutout

Sinful

Unauthorized

Unconstitutional

Unethical

Unlicensed

Unmentionable

Unrighteous

Unsavory

Vicious

Vile

Villainous

Wicked

Worse

Wrong

Wrongful

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Opposite Words

Authorized

Canonical

Chaste

Competent

Condign

Creditable

Deserved

Due

Elevated

Esteemed

Ethical

Exemplary

Fair

Good

High

High-minded

Immaculate

Incorruptible

Irreproachable

Just

Justified

Law-abiding

Legal

Legitimate

Licensed

Lily-white

Lofty

Noble

Official

Perfect

Permissible

Principled

Pure

Reputable

Right

Righteous

Rightful

Scrupulous

Spotless

Squeaky-clean

Statutory

Uncorrupted

Unerring

Unobjectionable

Upstanding

Venerable

Virtuous

White

Wholesome

Worthy

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Related Words

Atrocious

Bad

Barred

Base

Blameworthy

Bootleg

Censurable

Condemned

Contemptible

Contraband

Corrupt

Cruel

Culpable

Cursed

Degenerate

Depraved

Despicable

Dishonest

Dishonorable

Disorderly

Disreputable

Dissolute

Errant

Evil

Evil-minded

Execrable

Forbidden

Ignoble

Ill

Illegal

Immoral

Impermissible

Improper

Incorrect

Infamous

Infernal

Lawless

Libertine

Loose

Lousy

Low

Low-minded

Mean

Miserable

Noxious

Objectionable

Offensive

Pernicious

Perverted

Pestilential

Reprehensible

Reprobate

Scrofulous

Shameful

Sick

Sinful

Snide

Sordid

Taboo

Ugly

Unauthorized

Unbecoming

Unclean

Unethical

Ungodly

Unhealthy

Unlicensed

Unprincipled

Unruly

Unscrupulous

Unseemly

Unwholesome

Verboten

Villainous

Wicked

Wretched

Wrong

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