Usually means: People residing without legal permission.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word illegals:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. illegals: Merriam-Webster
  2. illegals: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Illegal's, Illegals, illegal's, illegals: Wordnik
  4. illegals: Wiktionary
  5. illegals: Dictionary.com
  6. Illegals: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Illegals: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Illegals: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Illegals: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. illegals: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See illegal as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (illegal)

adjective:  Contrary to, forbidden, or not authorized by law, especially criminal law.
adjective:  Breaching certain enacted statutes of positive law; not lawful, not legal (cf. immoral, unethical)
adjective:  Forbidden by established rules.
adjective:  (philately, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.
adjective:  (of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally.
adjective:  (chiefly US, sometimes offensive) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
noun:  (obsolete) An illegal act or technique.
noun:  (colloquial, in the plural, as illegals) Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs.
noun:  (colloquial, offensive) An illegal immigrant.
noun:  (espionage) A spy operating abroad illegally and under non-official cover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.
▸ Also see illegal


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