illegal
IPA: ɪɫˈigʌɫ
noun
- (obsolete) An illegal act or technique.
- (colloquial, in the plural, as illegals) Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs.
- (colloquial, offensive) An illegal immigrant.
- (espionage) A spy working abroad illegally and undercover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.
adjective
- Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.
- Breaching certain enacted statutes of positive law; not lawful, not legal (cf. immoral, unethical)
- Forbidden by established rules.
- (philately, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.
- (of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally.
- (chiefly US, sometimes offensive) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
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Examples of "illegal" in Sentences
- Slavery is illegal.
- Plagiarism is illegal.
- It is illegal to confiscate.
- Peculation of it is illegal.
- Euthanasia is illegal in the US.
- They simply made it illegal to illegalize it.
- I insist that they should illegalize alcohol and drugs.
- The criminals used stolen or illegal weapons to perpetrate crimes.
- The part about her use of illegal drugs was portrayed as a flippant joke.
- Queens probably has the most unreported crimes because of illegal immigrants.
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