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Recent Examples of illegality
Village League representatives were assassinated by activists, and most of the Palestinian population continued to regard the PLO (and the various political factions that constituted it) as their sole legitimate representative, despite its illegality.
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Literary Hub
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
This case is a milestone in pushing back on Musk and DOGE's illegality.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Most important as the President approaches this initial meeting is that Putin is not rewarded for his aggression, for geopolitical reasons beyond the illegality and immorality of his actions.
—Miriam Sapiro, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
The failure of the sweeps industry to challenge even so much as one cease-and-desist letter is almost tantamount to an admission of illegality.
—Daniel Wallach, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
This case is a milestone in pushing back on Musk and DOGE's illegality.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Most important as the President approaches this initial meeting is that Putin is not rewarded for his aggression, for geopolitical reasons beyond the illegality and immorality of his actions.
—Miriam Sapiro, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
The failure of the sweeps industry to challenge even so much as one cease-and-desist letter is almost tantamount to an admission of illegality.
—Daniel Wallach, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for illegality
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Hanson parlayed his small-time criminality into a risky alliance with a powerful Mexican drug lord, intertwining his quest for wealth with the deadly world of organized crime.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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And while many waited to be saved, the television cameras focused on the alleged looting and purported criminality of those simply trying to survive.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
28 Aug. 2025
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Many people at Harvard and elsewhere feared that the university would reach a deal with the Administration before Judge Burroughs’s decision, because that would have meant that no court would declare the unlawfulness of the Administration’s actions toward academic institutions.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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Directed by Michôd, who co-wrote the script with Katherine Fugate and Mirrah Foulkes, the movie tells the story of Martin’s rise in the boxing ring throughout the 1990s and her struggle with domestic abuse.—
Nigel Smith,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The lawsuit, which was first reported by Courthouse News, is one of the first of its kind and could set meaningful precedent for AI abuses in the future.—
Kyle Ingram,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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In an unprecedented breach of law and decency, the president is threatening to send federal forces to our city, in an unironic attempt to combat nonexistent lawlessness in Chicago.—
Ciera Bates-Chamberlain,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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Reports of lawlessness spread, but Honoré said that people confused looting with survival.—
Reena Advani,
NPR,
25 Aug. 2025
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Leading up to the protests, the hashtag #NepoBaby had been trending in the country, largely to criticize the extravagant lifestyles of local politicians' children and call out corruption, NPR previously reported.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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Apart from lifting the ban on social media, the protesters’ other demands included that the Prime Minister resign and that Nepal establish an independent watchdog body similar to an ombudsman to monitor corruption.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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Hank isn’t being accused of mere immorality, after all; he’s being accused of rape, which was also a crime back in Kierkegaard’s days.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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Beyond the inherent immorality of thoughtlessly torturing and killing birds and wildlife, Death Pipes are an example of the hidden toll that people and their structures are exacting on nature.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Illegality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illegality. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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