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extralegal
English
Alternative forms
- extra-legal
Etymology
extra- +? legal
Adjective
extralegal (not comparable)
- Occurring outside the law; not governed by law; lawless.
Antonyms
- intralegal
Translations
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kst?ale??a?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
extralegal (not comparable)
- extralegal
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
From French extralégal.
Adjective
extralegal m or n (feminine singular extralegal?, masculine plural extralegali, feminine and neuter plural extralegale)
- extralegal
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?st?ale??al/, [e??s.t??a.le???al]
- Hyphenation: ex?tra?le?gal
Adjective
extralegal (plural extralegales)
- extralegal
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illegal
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French illégal, from Medieval Latin illegalis, from Latin legalis. In senses relating to immigration, via clipping from illegal alien or illegal immigrant.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??li???l/
- (US) enPR: ?.l?'g?l, IPA(key): /??li.??l/, [???li.???]
- Rhymes: -i???l
- Hyphenation: il?le?gal
Adjective
illegal (comparative more illegal, superlative most illegal)
- Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.
- Forbidden by established rules.
- (philately, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.
- (of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally.
- (chiefly US, sometimes offensive) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
Usage notes
The use of "illegal" to describe a person rather than an action is often regarded as offensive; see below.
Synonyms
- (forbidden by law): criminal, felonious, illicit, unlawful, irregular
- (totally fictitious): bogus
Antonyms
- (forbidden by law): lawful, legal
Derived terms
- illegal alien
- illegal immigrant
Translations
Noun
illegal (plural illegals)
- (obsolete) An illegal act or technique.
- (colloquial, in the plural, as illegals) Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs.
- (colloquial, offensive) An illegal immigrant.
- (espionage) A spy working abroad illegally and undercover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.
- 2012, Christopher Andrew, ‘Colder War’, Literary Review, issue 399:
- Anna Chapman, whose glamorous appearance won her more publicity in the Western media than all the other illegals combined, was so successfully deceived by a US sting operation that she handed over her SVR laptop to an FBI agent posing as a Russian.
- 2012, Christopher Andrew, ‘Colder War’, Literary Review, issue 399:
Synonyms
- (illegal immigrant) crimmigrant
Usage notes
- The use of "illegal" to describe a person, rather than an action a person has undertaken, is often regarded as offensive. The use of "illegal" as a noun is especially charged.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- gill-ale
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ill?g?lis, from Latin l?g?lis corresponding to i- +? llegal.
Adjective
illegal (epicene, plural illegales)
- illegal
Antonyms
- llegal
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin illegalis.
Adjective
illegal
- illegal
Inflection
Synonyms
- ulovlig, forbudt
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin illegalis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??le?a?l/
Adjective
illegal (not comparable)
- illegal
Declension
Synonyms
- gesetzwidrig
- strafbar
- ungesetzlich
Derived terms
- Illegaler (“illegal / illegal immigrant”), Illegale (“illegal / illegal immigrant (female)”)
- Illegalität
Further reading
- “illegal” in Duden online
Occitan
Adjective
illegal m (feminine singular illegala, masculine plural illegals, feminine plural illegalas)
- illegal
- Antonym: legal
Derived terms
- illegalament
- illegalizar
Portuguese
Adjective
illegal (plural illegaes, comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of ilegal
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