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▸ 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.
Similar:
extralegal,
illicit,
unlawful,
prohibited,
extrajudicial,
ill-gotten,
outlawed,
banned,
illegitimate,
ineligible,
more...
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Types:
assault,
theft,
drug possession,
drug dealing,
tax evasion,
insider trading,
money laundering,
fraud,
more...
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