Antonyms for illegal

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ih-lee-guhl

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈli gəl

Definition of illegal

Origin : 1620s, from French illégal or directly from Medieval Latin illegalis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Latin legalis (see legal). Term illegal immigrant first recorded 1892 in American English (illegal immigration is from 1887).

adj against the law

Example sentences :

With a man of that sort scrupulousness was a misplaced and even an illegal sentiment.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

They'll do their best to get him, and if they do there'll be trouble of an illegal nature.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

After all persuasions had failed, we had tried threats: the thing he purposed to do was illegal.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

He had no wish to be discovered there—his entrance had been too irregular, too illegal, for that.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

That is to say, somewhere and at some time there has been a transfer of that property that was illegal.
Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Their meeting itself was illegal, and our license has been abused.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

And a decree had been passed, making it illegal to submit any such proposition about the walls.
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

The sale was illegal, inasmuch as the bonds were sold on a credit.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 » by Various

In other words, if it was not illegal—there was no doubt of its legality—it was an incivility.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various

He was told that his mutilation and imprisonment had been illegal!
Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews

Synonyms for illegal

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