illegaladjective
uk/ɪˈliː.ɡəl/us/ɪˈliː.ɡəl/B2 not allowed by law:
a campaign to stop the illegal sale of cigarettes to children under 16
Prostitution is illegal in some countries.
It is illegal to drive a car that is not registered and insured.
Cocaine, LSD, and heroin are all illegal drugs/substances.
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- It is illegal to do a U-turn on a motorway.
- The proposed change in the law would make abortion illegal except for strictly defined medical reasons.
- It's illegal to discriminate against people on the basis of their sex.
- For a teacher to hit a child is not just morally wrong but also illegal.
- Several athletes tested positive for illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
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Legal & illegal
- chargeable
- constitutionality
- criminal
- extrajudicial
- heinous
- illegitimate
- impeach
- improper
- lawful
- legality
- legally
- legitimacy
- legitimate
- license
- treasonable
- underground
- undocumented
- unlicensed
- valid
- wrongful
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illegally
adverb uk/ɪˈliː.ɡəl.i/us/ɪˈliː.ɡəl.i/
B2
They entered the country illegally.
an illegally parked car
illegalnoun [ C ]
informalsomeone who lives or works in another country when they do not have the legal right to do this:
He said ID cards would make it easier to deport illegals.
Synonym
illegal immigrant
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People who live or settle somewhere
- asylum seeker
- brain drain
- bum
- city slicker
- cohabitant
- cottager
- exodus
- foreign-returned
- frontiersman
- guest worker
- illegal alien
- lodger
- occupier
- outflow
- overspill
- roomer
- settler
- squatter
- villager
- welcome wagon
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