illegal

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from ,. In senses relating to immigration, via clipping from or.

Adjective

 * 1) Not authorized by law.
 * 2) Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.
 * 3) Breaching certain enacted statutes of positive law; not lawful, not legal (cf. immoral, unethical)
 * 4) Forbidden by established rules.
 * 5)  Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.
 * 6)  Being or doing something illegally.
 * 7)  Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
 * 8)  Describing a programming operation that is not allowed by the operating system.
 * 1) Forbidden by established rules.
 * 2)  Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.
 * 3)  Being or doing something illegally.
 * 4)  Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
 * 5)  Describing a programming operation that is not allowed by the operating system.
 * 1)  Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
 * 2)  Describing a programming operation that is not allowed by the operating system.
 * 1)  Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
 * 2)  Describing a programming operation that is not allowed by the operating system.
 * 1)  Describing a programming operation that is not allowed by the operating system.

Usage notes
According to (2nd edition), "illegal" may mean only that something lacks authority of the law or support from law (that is, that it's not legal), not that it's against the law, but that in ordinary usage it means a violation of the law. The "law" however may be a common-law principle rather than a statute.

The use of "illegal" to describe a person rather than an action is often regarded as offensive; see below.

Translations

 * Albanian: paligjshme
 * Arabic: غَيْر قَانُونِيٍّ
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese: চোৰাং, আইন বিৰোধী,‌ অবৈধ, বেআইনী
 * Asturian: illegal
 * Azerbaijani:, , qeyri-leqal
 * Belarusian: незако́нны, нелега́льны
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: kontraŭleĝa
 * Estonian: ebaseaduslik, illegaalne, seadusvastane
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, ilegal
 * Georgian: უკანონო, არაკანონიერი, არალეგალური, კანონსაწინააღმდეგო, აკრძალული
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: παράνομος, ἀθέμιτος
 * Hawaiian: kū ʻole i ke kānāwai, mawaho o ke kānāwai
 * Hebrew: בלתי חוקי
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: neamhdhleathach, aindleathach, mídhleathach, neamhdhlíthiúil
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: заңсыз
 * Khmer: ខុសច្បាប់
 * Korean: 불법적-인
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, , , , ,
 * Latin: illicitus
 * Latvian: pretlikumīgs
 * Lithuanian: neteisėtas
 * Macedonian: незаконски, незаконит, противзаконски, нелегален, и́легален
 * Maori: turekore
 * Mongolian: хууль бус
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, forbudt, lovstridig, illegal
 * Nynorsk: ulovleg
 * Occitan:
 * Plautdietsch: onjesazlich
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovak: ilegálny, nezákonný
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tatar: яшерен
 * Thai: ที่ผิดกฎหมาย
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: незако́нний, нелега́льний
 * Uyghur: قانۇنسىز
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh: ,


 * Arabic:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: sääntöjen vastainen
 * Galician: ilegal
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: παράνομος
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Macedonian: недозволен, неправилен
 * Maori: turekore
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:

Noun

 * 1)  An illegal act or technique.
 * 2)  Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs.
 * 3)  An illegal immigrant.
 * 4)  A spy working abroad illegally and undercover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.
 * 1)  An illegal immigrant.
 * 2)  A spy working abroad illegally and undercover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.
 * 1)  A spy working abroad illegally and undercover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.

Usage notes

 * The use of "illegal" as a noun is especially charged.

Translations

 * Armenian: ապօրինի ներգաղթյալ, անօրինական ներգաղթյալ
 * Azerbaijani: qeyri-leqal mühacir
 * Bulgarian: незако́нен имигра́нт
 * Catalan: immigrant il·legal
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 非法移民, 黑民
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: senpasportulo, senpasportulino
 * Finnish: laiton maahanmuuttaja
 * French:, , immigrant illégal, immigrante illégale
 * Galician: ilegal
 * Georgian: არალეგალი, არალეგალური იმიგრანტი
 * German: Illegaler, illegaler Einwanderer, illegale Einwandererin, Sans-Papiers
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: illegális bevándorló
 * Italian: immigrato illegale,
 * Japanese: 不法入国者
 * Korean: 불법 체류자 (bulbeop cheryuja), 불체자
 * Malay: pendatang tanpa izin
 * Portuguese:, imigrante ilegal
 * Romanian: imigrant ilegal
 * Russian:, , нелега́льный иммигра́нт, нелега́льная иммигра́нтка
 * Spanish:, inmigrante ilegal, sin papeles
 * Swedish: illegal invandrare


 * Russian:

Etymology
Borrowed from, from corresponding to.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) illegal

Etymology
, from.