illegal
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1.0
- adjective
- /ɪˈliːɡəl/
:
ilegal
- In my opinion, the search of the suspect's quarters was illegal.
- illegal drugs
- illegal immigrants
- illegal immigration
Did you know that it's illegal to own a crow?
- Did you know that it's illegal to own a crow?
- And those people getting illegal weapons will stop.
- And I'm pretty sure that that's illegal in Europe.
- But was it actually illegal as alleged?
- OK, first of all, make it illegal to report the facts.
- But is it, is it illegal to euthanize humans?
- It was highly illegal, at least where I grew up.
- Sexual relations between first cousins are illegal in Mississippi.
- So you're saying it's illegal to have earbuds on a plane?
- It actually was recently made illegal to send flowers.
- Like should it be illegal to torture a replica?
- It used to be illegal to say Merry Christmas.
- So the only way it would be illegal is if it's illegal.
Examples
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So some things are now illegal that were legal years ago.
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Just one problem: football gambling is illegal in all but two of the fifty states.
Fiction book (1991) -
What I did was not illegal, but I knew better.
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And those people getting illegal weapons will stop.
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At the moment in the UK it's illegal, which is fine by me.
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Did you know that it's illegal to own a crow?
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Both of these forms of euthanasia are illegal and considered murder everywhere in the United States.
Academic text (2011) -
According to this, you were arrested in 1925 for illegal possession of explosives.
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Efforts to suppress the growth of opiates and the illegal drug trade have failed.
Academic text (2011) -
It is illegal to drive without a valid license in most countries.
Synonyms
102
4.6
Not allowed to enter, use, or talk about
96
3.2
Not allowed by law, rules, or custom
71
4.0
Not allowed by law
66
6.3
Not allowed by law or social rules
31
6.1
Not allowed by law
18
3.5
Outside the allowed area or not allowed by the rules
7
9.2
Not allowed by rules or by social custom
6
7.7
Not allowed by rules, laws, or official standards
1
3.7
Not allowed by law or by an authority
1
6.4
Not allowed by rules or laws
Not allowed by law or by people in charge
Not allowed by law or by people in charge
A thing forbidden by law or official rules
Antonyms
Compounds
- NSFW
4
5.3
Having banned things like drugs or guns when the law does not allow it
How Legal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Illegal comes from two parts: in- meaning 'not' and legal meaning 'allowed by law'. So to be illegal is to be 'not allowed by law'.