What is another word for illegal?
Synonyms for illegal
ɪˈli gəlil·le·gal
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
illegal
Every criminal act is illegal or unlawful, but illegal or unlawful acts may not be criminal. Offenses against public law are criminal; offenses against private rights are merely illegal or unlawful. As a general rule, all acts punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, are criminal in view of the law. It is illegal for a man to trespass on another's land, but it is not criminal; the trespasser is liable to a civil suit for damages, but not to indictment, fine, or imprisonment. A felonious act is a criminal act of an aggravated kind, which is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary or by death. A flagitious crime is one that brings public odium. Vicious refers to the indulgence of evil appetites, habits, or passions; vicious acts are not necessarily criminal, or even illegal; we speak of a vicious horse. That which is iniquitous, i. e., contrary to equity, may sometimes be done under the forms of law. Ingratitude is sinful, hypocrisy is wicked, but neither is punishable by human law; hence, neither is criminal or illegal. Compare SIN.
Synonyms:
abominable, criminal, culpable, felonious, flagitious, guilty, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, unlawful, vicious, vile, wicked, wrongAntonyms:
innocent, just, lawful, legal, meritorious, moral, right, virtuous
Princeton's WordNet
illegaladjective
prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
"an illegal chess move"
Antonyms:
juristic, legitimate, court-ordered, ratified, judicial, lawful, sub judice, legal, jural, licit, statutory, sanctioned
Dictionary of English Synonymes
illegaladjective
Synonyms:
unlawful, illicit, unlicensed
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
illegaladjective
Synonyms:
illicit, unlawful, contraband, unlicensed, illegitimate
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "illegal":
illicit, unlawful, clandestine, illegitimate, illegally, irregular, wrongful, unlawfully, unauthorised, surreptitious, illegals, underground, brass, unlicensed, unauthorized, undeclared, back-street, iilegal, slush
Nicknames
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1673 | wrong | |
| #2384 | criminal | |
| #3556 | illegal | |
| #4221 | underground | |
| #4731 | brass | |
| #5928 | guilty | |
| #8459 | wicked | |
| #9015 | unauthorized | |
| #12565 | unlawful | |
| #13587 | irregular | |
| #15992 | vicious | |
| #16417 | wrongful | |
| #18068 | bogus | |
| #18157 | illegally | |
| #18565 | illicit | |
| #20436 | unauthorised | |
| #24206 | sinful | |
| #25406 | immoral | |
| #27379 | vile | |
| #28477 | undeclared | |
| #30496 | unlicensed | |
| #33098 | clandestine | |
| #34558 | illegitimate | |
| #40373 | unlawfully | |
| #45601 | slush | |
| #48360 | nefarious | |
| #51404 | abominable | |
| #56422 | illegals | |
| #63216 | culpable | |
| #102904 | felonious | |
| #103646 | surreptitious | |
| #170004 | iniquitous |
How to use illegal in a sentence?
Migrant Minister Yannis Mouzalas:
When there is a bottleneck, the bottle could break, and where we had a controlled movement of individuals ... a broken bottle could result in an uncontrolled, illegal influx.
As a former U.S. Attorney, I am all too familiar with criminals hiding behind shell corporations to enable their illegal behavior.
There are many more species out there waiting to be discovered and tragically, many more that will be lost before that happens, it doesn't have to be this way. Ensuring that large reserves are designated for wildlife, along with increased efforts to close illegal wildlife trade markets, will go a long way to conserving the extraordinary wildlife diversity in the Mekong region.
There has been a lot of movement to make the sale of ivory illegal in many countries around the world, however, it has not had a great impact on the kinds of trade that we are talking about when we're getting these big seizures. And when I say a big seizure, it's a minimum size of a half-ton and that can go up to 10 tons or more.
European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager:
Tax rulings that artificially reduce a company's tax burden are not in line with EU state aid rules. They are illegal. I hope that, with today's decisions, this message will be heard by Member State governments and companies alike, all companies, big or small, multinational or not, should pay their fair share of tax.
Translations for illegal
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- غير شرعيArabic
- il·legalCatalan, Valencian
- ilegálníCzech
- illegal, rechtswidrigGerman
- άνομος, λαθρομετανάστης, έκνομος, απαγορευμένος, παράνομοςGreek
- ilegalSpanish
- ebaseaduslikEstonian
- laiton, [[laiton]] [[maahanmuuttaja]], vastainenFinnish
- illégal, sans-papiersFrench
- neamhdhleathachIrish
- ilícitoGalician
- 不法入国者, 違法, 不法Japanese
- უკანონოGeorgian
- derqanûn, yasax, qedexe, qaçax, memnûh, neqanûnîKurdish
- нелегален, противзаконски, неправилен, незаконски, незаконит, недозволен, илегаленMacedonian
- illegaal, onwettig, strafbaar, sans-papiersDutch
- ilegalPortuguese
- ilegal, nelegalRomanian
- [[нелега́льный]] [[иммигра́нт]], нелега́льный, неве́рный, неправоме́рный, непра́вильный, нелега́лка, [[нелегальный, нелега́л, незако́нныйRussian
- lagstridig, olaglig, illegalSwedish
- haramuSwahili
- yasa dışıTurkish
- bất hợp phápVietnamese
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