About The Word Illegal

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Illegal

Illegal Meaning & Definition
Illegal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Illegal?

[adj] prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Illegal: amerciable | banned | black | black-market | bootleg | contraband | criminal | dirty | embezzled | extrajudicial | extralegal | felonious | hot | illegitimate | ill-gotten | illicit | ineligible | misappropriated | misbranded | mislabeled | nonlegal | outlaw(a) | outlawed | penal | prohibited | punishable | smuggled | under-the-counter | unlawful | unratified

Related Terms | Find terms related to Illegal: aberrant | abnormal | abominable | actionable | against the law | anarchic | anarchistic | anomic | atrocious | banned | barred | black-market | bootleg | chargeable | contraband | contrary to law | criminal | delinquent | deviant | disgraceful | evil | felonious | flawed | forbade | forbid | forbidden | hardly the thing | hot | ignominious | illegitimate | illicit | impermissible | improper | inappropriate | incorrect | indecorous | inequitable | infamous | iniquitous | interdicted | irregular | justiciable | lawless | nonconstitutional | nonlegal | nonlicit | nonpermissible | not done | not permitted | not the thing | off limits | off-base | off-color | out of bounds | outlaw | outlawed | out-of-line | prohibited | proscribed | punishable | ruled out | sacrilegious | scandalous | shameful | shameless | sinful | taboo | tabooed | terrible | triable | unallowed | unauthorized | unbalanced | unconstitutional | under the ban | under-the-counter | under-the-table | undeserved | undue | unequal | unequitable | uneven | unfit | unfitting | unjust | unlawful | unlicensed | unmeet | unmerited | unofficial | unpermissible | unrighteous | unrightful | unsanctioned | unseemly | unstatutory | unsuitable | untouchable | unwarrantable | unwarranted | verboten | vetoed | wicked | wrong | wrongful

See Also | irregular

Illegal In Webster's Dictionary

\Il*le"gal\, a. [Pref. il- not + legal: cf. F. ill['e]gal.] Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love. --Bp. Burnet.

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