Definitions for illegal
ɪˈli gəlil·le·gal

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. illegaladjective

   prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules

   "an illegal chess move"

Wiktionary(2.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. illegalnoun

   An illegal immigrant.

2. illegalnoun

   An illegal resident spy.

3. illegaladjective

   Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.

4. illegaladjective

   Not permitted by rules

   Moving a pawn backward is an illegal move in chess.

5. illegaladjective

   Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.

6. illegaladjective

   Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.

7. Etymology: From il- (an assimilated version of in-) + legal. In senses relating to immigration, via clipping from illegal alien or illegal immigrant.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Illegaladjective

   Contrary to law.

   Etymology: in and legalis, Latin.

   No patent can oblige the subject against law, unless an illegal patent passed in one kingdom can bind another, and not itself. Jonathan Swift.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Illegaladjective

   not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love

2. Etymology: [Pref. il- not + legal: cf. F. illgal.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Illegal

   "Illegal" is the third and final single released from Shakira's second English language studio album, Oral Fixation Vol. 2. It features celebrated Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana. The song was released right after the massive worldwide success of "Hips Don't Lie". The radio release for "Illegal" in the United States and Canada was on November 14, 2006. The music video for the song premiered on November 16, 2006 on MTV's Total Request Live and debuted the next day at #9. It became a hit in countries like Latvia, and Ukraine.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Illegal

   il-lē′gal, adj. contrary to law.—v.t. Illē′galīse, to render unlawful.—n. Illegal′ity, the quality or condition of being illegal.—adv. Illē′gally.

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1. illegal

   Song lyrics by illegal -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by illegal on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'illegal' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3866

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'illegal' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4792

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'illegal' in Adjectives Frequency: #515

How to pronounce illegal?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say illegal in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of illegal in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of illegal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of illegal in a Sentence

1. Lucas Watterson:

   The problem is when one of these drugs is banned or illegal, the drug manufacturer responds by producing a number of different alternatives, it's sort of a flavor of the month.

2. Carlos Soto:

   I'm very worried about Venezuela because there's no sanitary conditions and that means they could have the fungus and not even know it, and with such a porous border, illegal commerce and migration, it could be dangerous.

3. Matteo Salvini:

   They should know that Italy no longer wants to be an accomplice in the business of illegal immigration and therefore they will have to aim for other, non-Italian, ports.

4. Donald Trump:

   The Democrats don't care about what their extremist immigration agenda will do to your communities, to your hospitals -- what about your hospitals and to your schools, the Democrats don't care that a flood of illegal immigration will bankrupt our country.

5. Margaret Spring:

   We are encouraged that the Trans-Pacific Partnership sets a new bar for ocean conservation measures in a trade agreement by including specific provisions to encourage sustainable fisheries management, fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, protect sharks and other key marine species, and eliminate harmful fishing subsidies.

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