Definition of illegal

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Illegal (a.) 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..

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Leave :: Leave (n.) Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.
Benevolence :: Benevolence (n.) A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity..
Lawless :: Lawless (a.) Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim..
Illegalness :: Illegalness (n.) Illegality, unlawfulness..
Illegalizing :: Illegalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illegaliz.
Infect :: Infect (v. t.) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
Illegality :: Illegality (n.) The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act..
Usurpation :: Usurpation (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power..
Contrabandist :: Contrabandist (n.) One who traffics illegally; a smuggler.
Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.
Contraband :: Contraband (v. t.) To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle..
Infection :: Infection (n.) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication..
Proceeding :: Proceeding (n.) The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding..
Usurper :: Usurper (n.) One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron..
Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..
Illegalities :: Illegalities (pl. ) of Illegalit.
Contraband :: Contraband (n.) Illegal or prohibited traffic.
Execute :: Execute (v. t.) Too put to death illegally; to kill.
Illegalize :: Illegalize (v. t.) To make or declare illegal or unlawful.
Shebeen :: Shebeen (n.) A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold..
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