illegally
Example Sentences
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Even fewer — 41 — were charged with voting illegally or other election-related crimes.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
For immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally, leaving the country or being deported triggers a penalty — many are banned from coming back into the U.S. for a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
"An investigation is under way into where the lar gibbon came from. Only then can we say whether it was brought illegally," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Some illegally sent data from the system to immigration agents.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
I would have been arrested and then would have needed to convince my attorney to believe me when I explained that the police had entered the car illegally.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
