unlawful act
Example Sentences
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Behavior that rises to a “true threat” must be a “serious expression of intent to commit an unlawful act of violence targeted to a group or individual,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
"How could she have known she had a worthwhile claim in relation to that unlawful act before then?" he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2023
"The unlawful act of blocking streets in the downtown core is resulting in people being denied the lawful use, enjoyment and operation of their property," police said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 10, 2022
Cheryl Sullenger wrote that because of Braid’s “defiant attitude and his unlawful act, he has committed unprofessional conduct.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2021
He appealed to them to go to their homes and thereafter do no unlawful act of violence.
From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Joseph Warren Keifer
