Latin for wrong due to it being prohibited. Acts that are prohibited by law but, by itself, are not necessarily inherently evil, e.g. evasion of tax liability.
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Latin for wrong due to it being prohibited. Acts that are prohibited by law but, by itself, are not necessarily inherently evil, e.g. evasion of tax liability.