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Meaning of illegal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ɪˈliːɡəl

Definitions

  1. Leng=es.
  2. An illegal act or technique.
    obsolete
  3. A person who is not legally authorized to live and work in a country.
  4. Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs.
    colloquial, in-plural
  5. not allowed by the law; not legal. It is illegal to park a car here. onwettig غَيْر قانوني، غَيْر شَرْعي нелегален ilegal zakázaný ungesetzlich ulovlig; strafbar; illegal παράνομοςilegal seadusevastane غیر قانونی laiton illégal לא חוּקִי अवैध nedopušten, ilegalan törvénytelen, illegális hukum ólöglegur illegale 不法の 불법의 neteisėtas, nelegalus nelikumīgs; pretlikumīgs; nelegāls tidak sah onwettigulovlig, illegal, lovstridignielegalny غير قانونى، دقانونه مخالف ilegal ile­gal противозаконный zakáz...
  6. An illegal immigrant.
    colloquial, offensive
  7. onwettiglik بِصورةٍ غَيْر قانونيَّه أو غَيْر شَرعِيَّه нелегално ilegalmente protiprávně ungesetzlich ulovligt; illegalt παράνομαilegalmente seadusevastaselt بطور غیر قانونی laittomasti illégalement בְּאוֹפֶן לא חוּקִי अवैधता ilegalno törvénytelenül secara ilegal ólöglega illegalmente 不法に 불법적으로 neteisėtai, nelegaliai nelikumīgi; nelegāli dengan tidak sah onwettigulovlig, illegaltbezprawnie په غیر قانونی دوله ilegalmente (în mod) ilegal противозаконно protiprávne nezakonito nezakonito illegalt...
  8. A spy operating abroad illegally and under non-official cover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.
  9. onwettigheid عَدَم قانونيَّه нелегалност ilegalidade nezákonnost die Ungesetzlichkeit ulovlighed παρανομίαilegalidad ebaseaduslikkus عمل خلاف قانون laittomuus illégalité אִי חוּקִיוּת अवैधता ilegalnost törvénytelenség, jogtalanság; illegalitás pelanggaran ólögmæti, lögleysa illegalità 違法 불법 neteisėtumas, nelegalumas nelikumība; nelegalitāte kepenyalahan undang-undang onwettigheidulovlighet, lovstridighet bezprawność د غیر قانونی عمل ilegalidade ilegalitate противозаконность nezákonnosť nezako...
  10. ilegal, fuera de la ley.
  11. Prohibited by law.
  12. Prohibited by official rules: an illegal pass in football.
  13. Unacceptable to or not performable by a computer: an illegal operation.
  14. forbidden by law; unlawful; illicit
  15. unauthorized or prohibited by a code of official or accepted rules

Equivalents

Беларуская незако́нны
Català il·legal
Cymraeg anghyfreithlon
Esperanto kontraŭleĝa
Español ilegal ilegales
Français illégal illégal
Galego ilegal
Magyar illegális
Bahasa Indonesia melawan hukum
Íslenska ólöglegur
Italiano illegale
日本語 不法の 違法の
Қазақша заңсыз
ខ្មែរ ខុសច្បាប់
Kurdî îlegal îllegal
Latina illicitus
Bahasa Melayu haram
Português ilegal proibido
Română ilegal nelegal
Svenska ful- illegal lagstridig olaglig
Kiswahili haramu
ئۇيغۇرچە قانۇنسىز
اردو ناجائز

Examples

“That whatſoever illegals hath been uſed againſt his friends and ſubjects, by impriſoning them without law, or impoſing fines upon their eſtates, be diſclaimed, and that perſons ſo committed be forthwith diſcharged.”
“…I've got illegals in my bottom…!”
““Here’s what I could do,” Eve supposed. “I could slap your head against that wall, while I’m kicking your balls into your belly,” she added to the companion. “And after that, I can have you in restraints while I turn out your pockets. You’re carrying illegals.”
“In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”.”
“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.”
“Traditionally, illegals have been extremely hard for counterintelligence agencies to find, but in a world of biometric data, facial recognition software and open source investigation possibilities, it has become harder for Russia to keep its illegals below the radar.”

CEFR level

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