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not legal

ADJECTIVE
illegal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
banned criminal illegitimate illicit irregular outlawed prohibited smuggled unauthorized unconstitutional unlawful unlicensed unwarranted wrongful
WEAK
actionable black-market bootleg contraband crooked extralegal felonious forbidden heavy hot interdicted lawless not approved outside the law proscribed prosecutable racket shady sub-rosa taboo under-the-table unofficial unwarrantable verboten violating wildcat
Antonyms
STRONGEST
authorized blessed ethical good justifiable lawful legal legitimate moral permitted right warranted
WEAK
allowed permissible
ADJECTIVE
outlawed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
banned prohibited
STRONG
bootleg crooked forbidden interdicted proscribed racket smuggled taboo violating
WEAK
actionable black-market contraband criminal extralegal felonious heavy hot illegitimate illicit irregular lawless not approved outside the law prosecutable shady sub-rosa unauthorized unconstitutional under-the-table unlawful unlicensed unofficial unwarrantable unwarranted verboten wildcat wrongful
Antonyms
STRONG
allowed
ADJECTIVE
unconstitutional
Synonyms
STRONGEST
illegitimate unlawful wrongful
WEAK
against the law banned criminal felonious forbidden illicit lawless outlawed prohibited prosecutable unauthorized violating
Antonyms
STRONGEST
authorized ethical legal

Example Sentences

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“The right to assistance of counsel and the correlative right to dispense with a lawyer’s help are not legal formalisms,” the court added.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Terramation is not legal in the UK, but a consultation on the subject for the UK government by the Law Commission is due to be published imminently.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

This rule to keep a company from adding a lot of money to the final bill is designed to prevent fraud, so what your moving company pulled was probably not legal.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

Genesis has a rigorous screening and oversight process and has a policy against working with surrogates who are not legal immigrants, Tofighi said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

“We kept quiet about it because it’s not legal here.”

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler