illegal

adjective · nounB1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more illegalillegaler

Superlative

most illegalillegalest

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
Their illegal mining operations in Asia, Africa and elsewhere, are protected by officials and police paid to look the other way – and powerful customers in the construction industry who prefer not to ask too many questions.
Đồng nghĩa: criminal, felonious, illicit, irregular, crimeful, criminal, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, lawbreaking, nonlawful, outlawed, unlawful, wrongful
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.
Đồng nghĩa: banned, disallowed, banned, disallowed, forbidden, impermissible, illegal, illicit, interdicted, nonallowed, nonlicet, prohibited, proscribed, proscript, unallowed, unpermitted, verboten
3.
(philately, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.
Đồng nghĩa: bogus
4.
(offensive, sometimes)(of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally.
illegal immigrant
illegal logger
illegal pilot
5.
(US, offensive, sometimes)(chiefly US, sometimes offensive) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
Đồng nghĩa: undocumented

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

illegals

1.
(obsolete)An illegal act or technique.
2.
(colloquial, in plural)(colloquial, in the plural, as illegals) Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs.
3.
(colloquial, offensive)An illegal immigrant.
4.
(espionage) A spy operating abroad illegally and under non-official cover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

criminalfeloniousillicit irregularcrimefulillegitimatelawbreakingnonlawfuloutlawed unlawful wrongful banneddisallowedforbiddenimpermissibleinterdictednonallowednonlicet prohibited proscribed

Trái nghĩa

lawful legalde jurelegitimatelicit rightful

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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🚔Crime

Nguồn gốc từ

French illégal, from illegalis, from Latin legalis, il- legal. In senses relating to immigration, via illegal alien or illegal immigrant.