Legal Definition and Related Resources of Illegal

Meaning of Illegal

Forbidden by law; contrary to law; unlawful .

Illegal Alternative Definition

Contrary to law. Not ssTionymous with unlawful (q. v.).

Synonyms of Illegal

adjective

actionable
against the law
banned
contrary to law
criminal
exceeding the law
felonious
forbidden
illegitimate
illicit
impermissible
improper
inlicitus
invalid
lawless
not according to law
not allowed
not approved
not authorized by law
not covered by law
not permitted
not valid
outlawed
outside the law
prohibited
prohibited by law
proscribed
punishable
quod contra leges Jit
unauthorized
unchartered
unconstitutional
unjustified
unlawful
unsanctioned
unwarrantable
unwarranted
vetitus
without authority
wrongful
Associated Concepts: illegal acts
illegal business
illegal combination
illegal contract
illegal detention
illegal discrimination
illegal force
illegal operation
illegal picketing
illegal possession
illegal practice
illegal purpose
illegal restraint
illegal sale
illegal search and seizure
illegal statute
illegal taking
illegal tax
illegal trade
illegal transaction
illegal use
mala in se
mala prohibita

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Crime: illegal

Grammar

This term is an adjetive.

Etimology of Illegal

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1630s, from French illégal (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin illegalis, from assimilated form of in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + Latin legalis (see legal). Term illegal immigrant first recorded 1892 in American English (illegal immigration is from 1887); used in British English in 1940s in reference to the Jewish movement to Palestine.

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