Synonyms for illegal
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-lee-guhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈli gəl |
Top 10 synonyms for illegal
- actionable
- black-market
- bootleg
- contraband
- crooked
- extralegal
- felonious
- forbidden
- heavy
- hot
- interdicted
- lawless
- not approved
- not legal
- outside the law
- proscribed
- prosecutable
- racket
- shady
- sub rosa
- taboo
- under the table
- unlawful
- unlicensed
- unofficial
- unwarrantable
- unwarranted
- verboten
- violating
- wildcat
- wrongful
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for illegal
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