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illegal
adjective
Not
allowed
by
the
law
or
by
official
rules
.
•
Selling
fireworks
without
a
license
is
illegal
in
many
countries
.
Selling
fireworks
without
a
license
is
illegal
in
many
countries
.
•
The
company
was
fined
for
its
illegal
dumping
of
waste
into
the
river
.
The
company
was
fined
for
its
illegal
dumping
of
waste
into
the
river
.
Late
Middle
English
,
from
Medieval
Latin
illegalis
,
formed
from
Latin
in-
‘
not
’
+
legalis
‘
legal
’.
noun
OFFENSIVE
:
A
person
who
is
in
a
country
without
legal
permission
to
live
or
work
there
.
•
The
headline
referred
to
the
migrants
simply
as
illegals
,
which
offended
many
readers
.
The
headline
referred
to
the
migrants
simply
as
illegals
,
which
offended
many
readers
.
•
She
explained
that
calling
someone
an
illegal
ignores
their
humanity
.
She
explained
that
calling
someone
an
illegal
ignores
their
humanity
.
Derived
in
the
mid-20th
century
from
the
adjective
‘
illegal
’,
used
as
a
shorthand
noun
.
