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il·le·gal·i·ty

(ĭl′ē-găl′ĭ-tē)

n. pl. il·le·gal·i·ties

1. The quality or state of being illegal.

2. An illegal act.

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il•le•gal•i•ty

(ˌɪl iˈgæl ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. illegal condition or quality; unlawfulness.

2. an illegal act.

[1630–40; < Medieval Latin]

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Noun

illegality - unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute

unlawfulness - the quality of failing to conform to law

outlawry, lawlessness - illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law

infection - (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

legality - lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute

illegality

noun crime, wrong, felony, criminality, lawlessness, illegitimacy, wrongness, unlawfulness, illicitness There is no evidence of illegality.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

illegality

noun

1. The state or quality of being illegal:

illegitimacy, illicitness, unlawfulness.

2. A serious breaking of the public law:

crime, misdeed, offense.

Law: felony.

Translations

عَدَم قانونيَّه

ilegalitanezákonnost

ulovlighed

Ungesetzlichkeit

illégalité

illegalitás

ólögmæti, lögleysa

illegalità

lovstridighet ulovlighet

kanuna aykırı olma

不合法犯规

illegality

[ˌɪliːˈgælɪtɪ] N → ilegalidad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

illegality

[ˌɪlɪˈgælɪti] n → illégalité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

illegality

n → Unrechtmäßigkeit f, → Ungesetzlichkeit f; (against a specific law) → Gesetzwidrigkeit f; (of trade, possession, drug, organization, profits) → Illegalität f; (Sport) → Regelwidrigkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

illegality

[ˌɪliːˈgælɪtɪ] n → illegalità

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

illegal

(iˈliːgəl) adjective

not allowed by the law; not legal. It is illegal to park a car here.

ilˈlegally adverb

illegality (iliˈgӕləti) noun

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'In the circumstances, any complaint to the Registrar of Societies or challenges to the glaring irregularities and illegalities in the Courts of Law may be detrimental or fatal to the party in particular and ruling Pakatan Harapan government in general,' Bawin warned.