illegal as an adjective: - 1
illegal
adjective
1 illegal
Prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules.
Roget 761:
prohibitive,
prohibitory;
proscriptive;
restrictive,
exclusive;
forbidding
etc.
v..
prohibited
etc.
v.;
not permitted
etc.
760;
unlicensed,
contraband,
impermissible,
under the ban of;
illegal
etc.
964;
unauthorized,
not to be thought of,
uncountenanced,
unthinkable,
beyond the pale.
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Roget 923:
wrong,
wrongful;
bad,
too bad;
unjust,
unfair;
inequitable,
unequitable†;
unequal,
partial,
one-sided;
injurious,
tortious [Law].
objectionable;
unreasonable,
unallowable,
unwarrantable,
unjustifiable;
improper,
unfit;
unjustified
etc.
925;
illegal
etc.
964;
iniquitous;
immoral
etc.
945.
in the wrong,
in the wrong box.
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Roget 964:
illegal
[contrary to law],
unlawful,
illegitimate;
not allowed,
prohibited
etc.
761;
illicit,
contraband;
actionable.
unwarranted,
unwarrantable;
unauthorized;
informal,
unofficial;
injudicial†,
extrajudicial.
lawless,
arbitrary;
despotic,
despotical†;
corrupt,
summary,
irresponsible;
unanswerable,
unaccountable.
[of invalid or expired law]
expired,
invalid;
unchartered,
unconstitutional;
null and void;
a dead letter.
[in absence of law]
lawless,
unregulated
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Dutch: verboden
Polish: nieformalny, lewy, nielegalny, nieprawny
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