Meaning

5 senses
  1. Contrary to, forbidden, or not authorized by law, especially criminal law.

    This is illegal, you know!

    Nearly 40 million people live in UK areas with illegal air pollution

    illegal, rechtswidrig

    незако́нныйnezakónnyj, нелега́льныйnelegálʹnyj, неправоме́рныйnepravomérnyj

    незако́ннийnezakónnyj, нелега́льнийnelehálʹnyj

  2. Forbidden by established rules.

    Moving a pawn backward is an illegal move in chess.

    The computer program performed an illegal operation and was terminated.

    illegal

    непра́вильныйneprávilʹnyj, неве́рныйnevérnyj

  3. Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.

  4. (offensive, sometimes)Being or doing something illegally.

    illegal immigrant

    illegal logger

  5. (US, offensive, sometimes)Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.

More definitions
  • prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules

Examples

468 sentences
  1. Tom says he did nothing illegal.

    Том каже, що не зробив нічого незаконного.

    ruТом говорит, что не сделал ничего незаконного.

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  2. Tom said he did nothing illegal.

    Том сказав, що не зробив нічого незаконного.

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  3. What Tom is doing is illegal.

    Те, що робить Том, — незаконно.

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  4. It's illegal to park your car here.

    Тут заборонено паркуватися.

    ruСтавить твою машину на стоянку здесь - незаконно.

    deEs ist illegal, hier zu parken.

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  5. Tom says that he did nothing illegal.

    Том каже, що не зробив нічого незаконного.

    ruТом говорит, что не сделал ничего незаконного.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
contrary to or forbidden by law:
Русский
By meaning 2
contrary to or forbidden by law:
prohibited by established rules:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
contrary to or forbidden by law:

Origin

Borrowed from French illégal, from Medieval Latin illegalis, from Latin legalis, by surfac

Borrowed from French illégal, from Medieval Latin illegalis, from Latin legalis, by surface analysis, il- + legal. In senses relating to immigration, via clipping of illegal alien or illegal immigrant.

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Forms

more illegal, most illegal
Comparativemore illegal Lesson
Superlativemost illegal Lesson

regular

Synonyms

27 synonyms

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • done anything illegal
  • anything illegal
  • doing was illegal
  • do anything illegal
  • doing something illegal
  • did was illegal
  • did nothing illegal
  • nothing illegal
  • an an illegal
  • illegal to do
  • something illegal
  • be illegal to

See also

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illegal — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto