illegal

Meanings

Plural: illegals

Adjective

• prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
  • "an illegal chess move"

Adj

• Contrary to, forbidden, or not authorized by law, especially criminal law.
• Forbidden by established rules.
• Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.
• Being or doing something illegally.
• Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.

Noun

• An illegal act or technique.
• Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs.
• An illegal immigrant.
• A spy operating abroad illegally and under non-official cover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.

Synonyms

bogus, criminal, crimmigrant, felonious, illegal immigrant, illicit, irregular, undocumented, unlawful

Antonyms

lawful, legal

Anagrams of illegal