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Recent Examples of illegally
Twenty-four were shot down over Russia's southwestern Krasnodar region, with 23 more shot down over the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed in 2016.
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Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
But over the past decade, critics, several whistleblower lawsuits, government investigations and other probes have alleged that the system encourages aggressive coding practices across health plans to illegally drive up revenue.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
He was charged Tuesday in state court with two counts of misdemeanor assault and felony burglary for entering the bar illegally.
—Michael Biesecker, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Figueroa was put in a red van with two men accused of being in the United States illegally.
—Will Croxton, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
There’s also a First Amendment claim, and an Administrative Procedure Act claim, which is that the government is acting illegally in an arbitrary and capricious way.
—Andrea Katz, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
And there’s little evidence that the administration has focused on reducing the demand for unauthorized workers, or that American business, large or small, will pay a price for hiring immigrants illegally.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 26 Jan. 2026
But the conviction was overturned and a new trial was ordered because prosecutors failed to disclose evidence that a group of jailhouse informants was illegally used to garner incriminating statements by Smith.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026
The shooting Saturday occurred when officers were pursuing a man in the country illegally wanted for domestic assault, Bovino said.
—Hannah Fingerhut, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
But over the past decade, critics, several whistleblower lawsuits, government investigations and other probes have alleged that the system encourages aggressive coding practices across health plans to illegally drive up revenue.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
He was charged Tuesday in state court with two counts of misdemeanor assault and felony burglary for entering the bar illegally.
—Michael Biesecker, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Figueroa was put in a red van with two men accused of being in the United States illegally.
—Will Croxton, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
There’s also a First Amendment claim, and an Administrative Procedure Act claim, which is that the government is acting illegally in an arbitrary and capricious way.
—Andrea Katz, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
And there’s little evidence that the administration has focused on reducing the demand for unauthorized workers, or that American business, large or small, will pay a price for hiring immigrants illegally.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 26 Jan. 2026
But the conviction was overturned and a new trial was ordered because prosecutors failed to disclose evidence that a group of jailhouse informants was illegally used to garner incriminating statements by Smith.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026
The shooting Saturday occurred when officers were pursuing a man in the country illegally wanted for domestic assault, Bovino said.
—Hannah Fingerhut, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for illegally
unethically
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Bree has just gotten out of her confusing affair with the unethically ethically nonmonogamous professor.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2026
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The repatriation of the artifacts also comes as museums around the world have increasingly returned items in their collections that were stolen or potentially acquired unethically to their countries of origin.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Illegally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illegally. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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