illegally

Example Sentences

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The plot by Do, officials said, was a violation of the Lacey Act, which bans trafficking in fish, wildlife or plants illegally taken, possessed, transported or sold.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Kerry Doyle, a deputy general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security in the Biden administration, said she’d never heard of someone being detained at a port of entry on suspicion of voting illegally.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

Cumming was named Baltimore’s inspector general in 2018 by then-Mayor Catherine Pugh, who later went to prison for a criminal scheme in which she illegally profited from the sale of self-published children’s books.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Small-boat crossings have become the most common way for people to be detected entering the UK illegally since 2020.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Further, he felt that the $3.5 million he had won in his match against Spassky was money garnered illegally by Vasiljevic.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady