illegally

  • 1illegally — adverb contrary to law, criminally, feloniously, illegitimately, illicitly, impermissibly, improperly, in violation of law, tortiously, unlawfully, without legal authority, without legal sanction, wrongfully associated concepts: acting illegally …

    Law dictionary

  • 2Illegally — Il*le gal*ly, adv. In a illegal manner; unlawfully. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3illegally — (adv.) 1620s, from ILLEGAL (Cf. illegal) + LY (Cf. ly) (2) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4illegally — illegal il‧le‧gal [ɪˈliːgl] adjective 1. LAW not allowed by the law: illegal it is illegal to do something • It s illegal to copy copyrighted movie cassettes. • Despite knowing about the illegal activity, the executives failed to tell the… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 5illegally — adv. Illegally is used with these adjectives: ↑occupied Illegally is used with these verbs: ↑act, ↑annex, ↑copy, ↑detain, ↑distribute, ↑dump, ↑enter, ↑execute, ↑export, ↑impo …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 6illegally — adverb In a manner contrary to law. He received a ticket for illegally parking next to a fire hydrant …

    Wiktionary

  • 7illegally —   See illegal.    ♦ To bring in illegally, ho opae malū, komohewa …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 8illegally — /ɪ li:gəli/ adverb against the law ● He was accused of illegally importing arms into the country …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 9illegally — illegal ► ADJECTIVE ▪ contrary to or forbidden by law. DERIVATIVES illegality noun illegally adverb. USAGE Both illegal and unlawful can mean ‘contrary to or forbidden by law’, but unlawful has a broader meaning ‘not permitted by rules’: thus… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 10illegally — adverb in an illegal manner they dumped the waste illegally • Syn: ↑illicitly, ↑lawlessly • Ant: ↑lawfully (for: ↑lawlessly) • Derived from …

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