illegal

Example Sentences

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Even if the challengers ultimately prevail and obtain a final legal judgment that the deportation policy is illegal, the deportations that have occurred in the meantime may be irreversible.

From The Wall Street Journal

The UK is to impose visa restrictions against people arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo after its government failed to agree to measures allowing the return of illegal migrants and foreign national offenders.

From BBC

In fact doing so would be illegal under the existing law.

From Los Angeles Times

A tearful Redknapp, who recalled last week how his grandmother used to run bets for a bookmaker when gambling was illegal, earned a big kiss from his wife Sandra.

From Barron's

Butyagin is accused of illegal excavations and "illegal partial destruction" of an archaeological complex.

From BBC