illegal 中文

名词 (Noun)PLillegalsPREill-

形容词 (Adjective)COMmore illegalSUPmost illegal

Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.
1. Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.

(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.

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- Note: Before certain letters, in- becomes: i- before gn, e.g. ignoble il- before l, e.g. illegal im- before b, m, or p, e.g. improper ir- before r, e.g. irresistible
- While settlement in New South Wales was initially confined, many moved outside the boundaries to become squatters, eventually consolidating their originally illegal hold on the land.
- Mr. Romney endured tough questioning from reporters in Des Moines yesterday about revelations last week that a yardwork company he employed was found for a second time to be using illegal immigrants.

Definition of illegal in English Dictionary