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illegally

ADVERB

overmuch

Synonyms

STRONG

over

WEAK

disproportionately ever excessively extravagantly extremely immensely immoderately improperly indecorously inordinately out of proportion overfull overly too underhandedly unfairly unjustifiably unjustly unnecessarily unreasonably

ADVERB

unduly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disproportionately extremely immensely improperly inordinately overly too unfairly unjustifiably unjustly unnecessarily unreasonably

WEAK

ever extravagantly immoderately indecorously out of proportion over overfull overmuch underhandedly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fairly honestly justly

WEAK

moderately reasonably sensibly

ADVERB

unfairly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

unreasonably

WEAK

below the belt dishonestly immorally uncleanly

Antonyms

WEAK

clean cleanly fairly honestly justly reasonably

ADVERB

unjustifiably

Synonyms

STRONGEST

unlawfully wrongly

STRONG

inexcusably

WEAK

erroneously groundlessly indefensibly

Antonyms

WEAK

excusably justifiably

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He was jailed for 11 months for crossing national borders illegally, and released in October 2023.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Immigration agents, I noted, were acting as though they had carte blanche to detain people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, conducting raids that sometimes swept up American citizens.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Dong was eventually jailed for "inciting subversion" and "crossing the national border illegally".

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Pope Leo XIV made a visit on Saturday to Italy's "Land of Fires", where for decades the mafia has illegally dumped and burned toxic rubbish, poisoning both people and their land.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

We never told anyone we were here illegally, not even our best friends.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

illegally

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