illegally
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2.1
- adverb
- /ɪˈlɛɡəli/
:
ilegalmente
- He was fined for parking illegally in a no-parking zone.
- enter illegally
- cross illegally
- in the country illegally
So then you just now go illegally up through the Darien Pass.
- So then you just now go illegally up through the Darien Pass.
- Then they stole it from us by illegally rigging the election.
- So he actually has to cross borders illegally in order to visit his girlfriend.
- It gets to the point, illegally mining coal.
- The court finds that Israel is illegally occupying the Palestinian territories.
- citizens, which means deporting them illegally to a concentration camp in El Salvador.
- So he paid a bunch of people to illegally vote.
- People don't feel that anyone should come into this country illegally.
- So right now we have people crossing the border illegally.
- And he after that he fled to Juarez and he tried to cross the border illegally to hide from those guys.
- I'll probably illegally download your album.
- So he'll do people who are here illegally with criminal records.
- That's that's payment for for bringing illegally people into the US.
- He's just like for, for, oh, for illegally gambling, like not counting, right.
- Or tax fraud, Or illegally downloading music.
- You're crossing the border illegally, but through a lawful way to do it.
Examples
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So he actually has to cross borders illegally in order to visit his girlfriend.
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Working here illegally may mean a prison sentence.
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So he'll do people who are here illegally with criminal records.
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Imagine you know, you enter countries illegally across this world.
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And they certainly did not vote for thousands of people to come into this country illegally every month.
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If someone comes into our country illegally, they should be thrown out.
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Jack crosses the street illegally in front of a police car.
Fiction book (2000) -
You see, they use materials collected illegally to build their houses and cook meals.
Academic text (2013) -
What we discovered were real estate signs for politicians selling land illegally in the sacred area.
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The court finds that Israel is illegally occupying the Palestinian territories.
Synonyms
14
4.3
In a way that breaks the law
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6.8
In a way that breaks the law or rules
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8.1
In a way that rules or the law do not allow
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7.2
Acting without following a country's rules
Antonyms
How Illegal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Illegally comes from the parts il- meaning 'not' and legal meaning 'allowed by law', so it literally means 'in a way that is not allowed by law'.