illegitimate
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The paper says an international hunt is under way for the hoaxer responsible for the security breach during which Burnham thought he was sending messages to Susie Wiles "before becoming suspicious the contact was illegitimate".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
At the end of April, the group said it had reinstated a regional parliament, which had been deemed illegitimate.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
If ever there was justification for an asterisk next to a record, his illegitimate assault on a scoring record is it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026
And in a 1778 painting of Gainsborough’s wife, Margaret, who was the illegitimate daughter of a duke, he poses her classically in costly black lace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
At the end of his long life, Ser Piero did not forget how Leonardo came into the world: He cut his illegitimate son out of his will.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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