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Definition of Illegal

Illegal

  1. Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love.

Illegal Quotations

If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!
Kurt Cobain

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
Emma Goldman

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
Aristotle

Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.
Voltaire

In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Illegal Translations

illegal in Italian is illegale, illegale
illegal in Norwegian is ulovlig
illegal in Spanish is ilegal, antilegal
illegal in Swedish is olaglig

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