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illegal
[ ih-lee-guhl ]
adjective
- forbidden by law or statute.
Synonyms: unlicensed, illicit, illegitimate, unlawful
- contrary to or forbidden by official rules, regulations, etc.:
The referee ruled that it was an illegal forward pass.
noun
- Informal: Disparaging and Offensive. illegal alien.
illegal
/ ɪˈliːɡəl /
adjective
- forbidden by law; unlawful; illicit
- unauthorized or prohibited by a code of official or accepted rules
noun
- a person who has entered or attempted to enter a country illegally
Sensitive Note
Derived Forms
- ˌilleˈgality, noun
- ilˈlegally, adverb
Other Words From
- il·legal·ly adverb
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“We will beat up anime kids. … We will bring the American family back to the woods, back to self-sufficiency. … We will oust illegal immigrants with zero mercy.”
The previous Trump administration declared in 2019 that it did not consider Israeli settlements illegal under international law, contradicting decades of US policy.
But the question, he said, was what Hegseth would do if Trump ordered him to instruct the military to perform illegal acts.
The Paris prosecutor has asked for a prison sentence of five years and a five-year ban from political office for far-right leader Marine Le Pen in an illegal party funding case.
"We know that on day one he is going to launch the largest mass deportation of illegal immigrants in American history," she said.
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