| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of, involving, or being a crime: criminal, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful, wrongful. See CRIMES. 2. Prohibited by law: illegal, illegitimate, illicit, outlawed, unlawful, wrongful. See CRIMES, LAW. 3. Not submitting to discipline or control: disorderly, fractious, indocile, intractable, obstinate, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, wild. Idioms: out of line. See CONTROL, ORDER, PEACE, RESIST.
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