Synonym: criminal, illegitimate, unlawful. Antonym: legal. Similar words: legal, legally, allegation, gallery, legacy, elegant, alleged, college. Meaning: ['ɪ'lɪːgl] adj. prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules.
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(151) It is illegal to discriminate on grounds of race, sex or religion.
(152) Drugs from government pharmacies were being channeled into illegal drug markets.
(153) Police found illegal weapons when they raided five homes yesterday.
(154) by lawful/legal means. Lawful tends to be used in technical or literary contexts. The same is true of the opposites, unlawful and illegal, but illegal is used especially about criminal activities. Legal also means 'connected with the law':the US legal system.
(155) He tried to distract attention from his own illegal activities.
(156) In this country it is illegal to pay for surrogacy.
(157) I know for a fact that she's involved in something illegal.
(158) He fronted for them in several illegal property deals.WHICH WORD?
(159) Except under clearly defined circumstances, it is illegal in Britain for a company to purchase its own shares.
(160) The singer is currently under investigation for possessing illegal drugs.
(161) The raising of taxes without the assent of Parliament was declared illegal.
(162) The police are going to clamp down on illegal stock exchange activities in the streets.
(163) It didn't cross her mind that she might be doing something illegal.
(164) The police pointed out the illegal character of the protest action.
(165) If it's illegal for someone under 21 to drive[sentencedict.com], it should be illegal for them to drink and drive. That's a no-brainer.
(166) Changing money on the street is illegal —always use a bank.
(167) In medieval times, it was illegal for Christians to practise usury.
(168) It is illegal to drive a car that is not taxed and insured.
(169) Illegal immigrants were given the opportunity to regularize their position.
(170) We in this party will have no truck with illegal organizations.
(171) Let's confine our attention to the problem of illegal drugs.
(172) I absolutely refuse to take part in anything that's illegal.
(173) Although some people campaign for the right to euthanasia[sentencedict.com], it is still illegal in most countries.
(174) I think it should be illegal for non-parents to pontificate on/about parenting.
(175) It is currently illegal to export this encryption technology from the US.
(176) The world's largest market for illegal drugs is the United States.
(177) He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets.
(178) His illegal deals were steadily milking the profits from the business.
(179) The illegal aliens are entitled to this.
(180) Of course, all this illegal activity has its penalties.