What is another word for illegally?
Synonyms for illegally
il·le·gal·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
illegally, illicitly, lawlesslyadverb
in an illegal manner
"they dumped the waste illegally"
Synonyms:
lawlessly, illegitimately, illicitly
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "illegally":
unlawfully, illicitly, illegal, illicit, clandestinely, irregularly, unlawful, illegitimately, wrongfully
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #3556 | illegal | |
| #12565 | unlawful | |
| #18157 | illegally | |
| #18565 | illicit | |
| #40373 | unlawfully | |
| #53536 | wrongfully | |
| #54432 | irregularly | |
| #131759 | clandestinely | |
| #154719 | illicitly | |
| #233788 | illegitimately |
How to use illegally in a sentence?
Gone are the days where we allow foreign nationals to break our laws illegally, cross the southern border, and then we the people provide a legal defense at American taxpayers’ expense so they can remain here illegally.
If you watched that debate last night, it looked like something from the early '80s. It was basically a liberal versus liberal debate about who was going to give away the most free stuff: Free college education. Free college education for people illegally in this country. Free health care. Free everything.
The three detainees were traveling illegally and were sent to the national migration institute offices, there were presumably headed to the United States.
If the Constitution required them to be citizens, anyone born on the United States, it would just say all persons born in the United States are American citizens, but the clause, 'and subject to the jurisdiction thereof', is the subject of a significant amount of legal scholarship ... Someone who comes in here illegally are not fully subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, they're not subject to being drafted, for example, so you can change it statutorily.
We want a system where, when people come in illegally, they have to go out. And a nice simple system that works.
Translations for illegally
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- بشكل غير قانونيArabic
- il·legalmentCatalan, Valencian
- illegalGerman
- ilegalmenteSpanish
- laittomastiFinnish
- illégalementFrench
- 違法Japanese
- nielegalniePolish
- ilegalmentePortuguese
- nelegal, ilegalRomanian
- незаконно, нелегальноRussian
- olagligtSwedish
- bất hợp phápVietnamese
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