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Mutiny :: Mutiny (v. i.) To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority..

Disguise :: Disguise (n.) A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties..

Whore :: Whore (n.) A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot..

Trawlerman :: Trawlerman (n.) A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish.

Fornicate :: Fornicate (v. i.) To commit fornication; to have unlawful sexual intercourse.

Encroachment :: Encroachment (n.) The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.

Officer :: Officer (n.) One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer..

Comfort :: Comfort (n.) Unlawful support, countenance, or encouragement; as, to give aid and comfort to the enemy..

Legitimacy :: Legitimacy (a.) The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock..

Trespass :: Trespass (v. i.) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another..

Riot :: Riot (n.) The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.

Detainer :: Detainer (n.) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law..

Chevisance :: Chevisance (n.) An unlawful agreement or contract.

Legitimate :: Legitimate (v. t.) To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; as, to legitimate a bastard child..

Chastity :: Chastity (n.) The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.

Right :: Right (a.) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of moral wrong..

Chievance :: Chievance (n.) An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as discount.

Prisage :: Prisage (n.) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.

Misbegotten :: Misbegotten (p. a.) Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin; pernicious.

Poach :: Poach (v. i.) To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon..

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