Antonyms for illegal


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-lee-guhl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈli gəl


Definition of illegal

Origin :
  • 1620s, from French illégal or directly from Medieval Latin illegalis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Latin legalis (see legal). Term illegal immigrant first recorded 1892 in American English (illegal immigration is from 1887).
  • adj against the law
Example sentences :
  • With a man of that sort scrupulousness was a misplaced and even an illegal sentiment.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • They'll do their best to get him, and if they do there'll be trouble of an illegal nature.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • After all persuasions had failed, we had tried threats: the thing he purposed to do was illegal.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • He had no wish to be discovered there—his entrance had been too irregular, too illegal, for that.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • That is to say, somewhere and at some time there has been a transfer of that property that was illegal.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Their meeting itself was illegal, and our license has been abused.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • And a decree had been passed, making it illegal to submit any such proposition about the walls.
  • Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
  • The sale was illegal, inasmuch as the bonds were sold on a credit.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 » by Various
  • In other words, if it was not illegal—there was no doubt of its legality—it was an incivility.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
  • He was told that his mutilation and imprisonment had been illegal!
  • Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews

Synonyms for illegal

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