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Watching him now being accused of illegal operations will not see them shedding any tears.

In March, police arrested a group of wealthy businessmen and government officials who were about to dine on illegal tiger meat.

But millions of rules result in perpetual error, and, as a terminal side effect, make leadership and accomplishment illegal.

Many more illegal migrants face labor trafficking in Europe as they flee the conflict regions of North Africa and the Middle East.

This would take time since, under current law, even scouting Cuban baseball players on the island is illegal.

He accuses the latter of various illegal and crafty acts, among them sending contraband gold and jewels to Mexico.

These illegal combinations in America were obviously what caused the inconveniences of which the merchants complained.

Yet all this was beside the main point, which was that the action of Congress, whether expedient or not, was illegal.

Some of the members felt that Parliament had the right to tax the colonists and others felt that it was illegal for them to do so.

Poor Nora hung her head as she asked in a low voice if Jim really thought her father was engaged in illegal practices.

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On this page you'll find 77 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to illegal, such as: banned, criminal, illegitimate, illicit, irregular, and outlawed.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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