How do you use Illegal in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like unlawful or dirty, plus the exact meaning.

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Illegal in a sentence

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Illegal meaning

  1. Contrary to, forbidden, or not authorized by law, especially criminal law.
  2. Forbidden by established rules.
  3. Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.

Synonyms of Illegal

illegitimate unlawful ill-gotten dirty felonious criminal smuggled contraband black-market black bootleg prohibited banned amerciable embezzled

Example sentences (20)

These practices are mostly, though not always, illegal and are often inadequately enforced, where they are illegal.

The territory is also fiercely contested by illegal armed groups for its strategic value with illegal gold mining.

Lancashire has been revealed as a hotspot for illegal vapes, with 14,552 illegal vape seizures since last year.

Seattle is looking to take a small step in rejoining the civilized world by making illegal drugs illegal again.

It was officially billed to rid urban areas of illegal structures, illegal business enterprises, and criminal activities.

Irregularities Illegal move A player who makes an illegal move must retract that move and make a legal move.

There were three illegal AR-15 style rifles (Ghost Guns) and an illegal short barreled rifle located within the grow sites.

After to 2.7 million illegal immigrants in America in 1986, the U.S. experienced far greater levels of illegal immigration.

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The NRC sparked the illegal immigrants’ issue with focus shifting on illegal Rohingyas staying in India.

Cops have a duty to refuse illegal orders, and any law that’s repugnant to the Constitution is illegal.

The locals also demanded action against illegal scrap yard and illegal houses constructed by migrants.

On illegal jetties, Olotu said most buildings on the waterfront were involved in illegal activities.

Lawrence Wilkerson: We are illegal, illegal under international law and under our own domestic law.

Rarely do drivers admit to doing anything illegal, such as looking at their phone or making an illegal maneuver, at the time of the crash.

Amid allegations about illegal timber smuggling in various parts of Balasore, many illegal sawmills are working in parts of Baliapal block.

But just because something becomes illegal to sell doesn’t mean it will be illegal to make.

The OM suspects them of preparing for and committing assassinations, threats, extortion, illegal firearm possession, and illegal firearm trade.

Illegal immigration is wrong, and a primary goal of comprehensive immigration reform must be to dramatically curtail future illegal immigration.

These include conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts and enticement of a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts.

Six follow-up amnesty acts gave amnesties to another 3.0 million illegal immigrants, bringing the total illegal immigrants amnestied to 5.7 million.

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Common combinations with illegal

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "illegal" in a sentence?
An example: "These practices are mostly, though not always, illegal and are often inadequately enforced, where they are illegal." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "illegal" from real English texts.
What does "illegal" mean?
Illegal means: Contrary to, forbidden, or not authorized by law, especially criminal law.
What are synonyms of "illegal"?
Common synonyms of "illegal" include: illegitimate, unlawful, ill-gotten, dirty, felonious, criminal, smuggled, contraband. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "illegal" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "illegal", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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