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Illegal ɪˈliːɡl Drive Red Light Adjective Bre Immigrants/Aliens

Word illegal
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ɪˈliːɡl / NAmE / ɪˈliːɡl /
Example
  • illegal immigrants/aliens
  • it's illegal to drive through a red light.
  • prize-fighting remained popular, though technically illegal, until the 1880s.
  • such acts are clearly illegal.
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illegal

(adjective)BrE / ɪˈliːɡl / NAmE / ɪˈliːɡl /
  1. not allowed by the law
    • opposite legal
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/legal
    • illegal immigrants/aliens
    • It's illegal to drive through a red light.

    Extra Examples

    • Prize-fighting remained popular, though technically illegal, until the 1880s.
    • Such acts are clearly illegal.
    • The sale of these knives should be made illegal.
    • Their action was judged illegal by the International Court.
    • blatantly illegal counter-intelligence methods
    • It’s illegal to drive through a red light.
    • Most of these jobs are done by illegal immigrants.

    Word Origin

    • early 17th cent.: from French illégal or medieval Latin illegalis, from Latin in- ‘not’ + legalis ‘according to the law’.
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