Explore Illegality through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like unlawfulness or legality. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Illegality in a sentence
Illegality meaning
- the state of being illegal
- a defense to the validity of a contract because it was in violation of the law
Synonyms of Illegality
Using Illegality
- The main meaning on this page is: the state of being illegal | a defense to the validity of a contract because it was in violation of the law
- Useful related words include: unlawfulness, legality.
- In the example corpus, illegality often appears in combinations such as: the illegality, illegality of, of illegality.
Context around Illegality
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 9 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Illegality
- In this selection, "illegality" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fundamental, preventing, involve, surrounding, regarding and leads stand out and add context to how "illegality" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acts of illegality and add the illegality of discrimination. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "illegality" sits close to words such as albemarle, ald and allister, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with illegality
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The only explanation for such illegality is tribalism. (8 words)
Zelenskyy, for his part, denied any money laundering or illegality with the funds. (13 words)
There was no question of any illegality in the functioning of the bank. (13 words)
He said the Governor’s direction to hold a trust vote was illegal because he did so by recognising a faction of 34 legislators and “the CM’s participation or absence of participation will not dilute that fundamental illegality”. (39 words)
The ANC urges Mr De Ruyter to fulfil his constitutional and legal obligations to officially report to the police any act of criminality and illegality he is aware of within the next seven days,” Bhengu-Motsiri said. (37 words)
The Academic Staff Union of Universities had accused the Governing Council of the institution of failing to follow due process in Odoh’s appointment and had demanded that the ministry dissolve the council over acts of illegality. (37 words)
And there's the moral decision - do I want to go along with the illegality or not? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
But Tunisian rights researcher Kenza ben Azouz told the BBC: "This is not a matter of legality or illegality.
He said the Governor’s direction to hold a trust vote was illegal because he did so by recognising a faction of 34 legislators and “the CM’s participation or absence of participation will not dilute that fundamental illegality”.
Lawal maintained that the new University of Ilesa is a creation of the law which makes the removal of the tenured principal officers duly approved by a governor an illegality.
Most of the people living there are lamenting over such illegality at Layin Baya.
The ANC urges Mr De Ruyter to fulfil his constitutional and legal obligations to officially report to the police any act of criminality and illegality he is aware of within the next seven days,” Bhengu-Motsiri said.
The legal representative stated that the council was wrong to say that the likely effects on the can be addressed through the planning permission 'prior approval' process and that decison were a "form of illegality".
The only explanation for such illegality is tribalism.
The report delves deep into the and allegations of illegality surrounding the president's son and how leading conservatives are trying to tie the president to his son's alleged illicit activity.
We asked Dr. Mariniello to reflect on Hirsh’s comments within the context of legality, or illegality of the latest Israeli war on Gaza.
Zelenskyy, for his part, denied any money laundering or illegality with the funds.
According to him, the court order is a demonstration of the judiciary’s role in preventing illegality and a clear message that thorough investigation into serious infractions of the constitution must be considered in impeachment proceedings.
And there's the moral decision - do I want to go along with the illegality or not?
Blazic was “aware of his actions and their illegality, and with relentless violent behavior” killed and wounded people, judges said.
Earlier this month, Mary Lou McDonald said that that following a referral by Sinn Féin, there were no findings of illegality and no criminal charges were pursued.
In the mid-1990s, South Africa became the first country in the world to add the illegality of discrimination based on sexual orientation to the Constitution.
None of the examples she gives involve illegality or any sort of moral failings, or engage an issue of national importance.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities had accused the Governing Council of the institution of failing to follow due process in Odoh’s appointment and had demanded that the ministry dissolve the council over acts of illegality.
The documents contain no alleged wrongdoing by Mr Trump, and there is no implication of illegality regarding Mr Clinton.
The regulations also do not establish the fines which offenders would be liable to if no adequate measures are in place and if the illegality leads to trees being burnt.
There was no question of any illegality in the functioning of the bank.
Common combinations with illegality
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the illegality 19×
- illegality of 16×
- of illegality 14×
- illegality and 9×
- or illegality 5×
- and illegality 5×
- illegality or 5×
- an illegality 4×
- illegality is 4×
- such illegality 3×