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Recent Examples of illegally
Live Nation illegally monopolized the market for tickets, protecting its position through pressure and leverage, jurors in Manhattan federal court found Wednesday.
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Mason Leib, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
According to the report, workers illegally pocketed between $20,000 and more than $41,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans from a massive federal COVID-19 pandemic relief effort – some by concocting companies that didn't exist to pocket federal assistance funds.
—Chris Tye, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Another bill is intended to deter frivolous challenges to a person’s right to vote and protect against efforts to illegally disqualify or purge voters (A6354 and S3233A).
—Phyllis Tashlik, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
The founder of China Evergrande Group, the world’s most indebted property developer, pleaded guilty to charges including misuse of funds, fundraising fraud and illegally taking public deposits, a court in China’s southern city of Shenzhen said.
—Reuters, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
Braxton was indicted a month later on federal charges for illegally possessing ammunition as a felon, was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
Spain has granted amnesty to immigrants who are in the country illegally before.
—Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Roblero-Perez is in the United States illegally.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Cherfilus-McCormick was recently found guilty by the ethics committee in a rare hearing of multiple violations after illegally funneling money to her campaign.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Mason Leib, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
According to the report, workers illegally pocketed between $20,000 and more than $41,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans from a massive federal COVID-19 pandemic relief effort – some by concocting companies that didn't exist to pocket federal assistance funds.
—Chris Tye, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Another bill is intended to deter frivolous challenges to a person’s right to vote and protect against efforts to illegally disqualify or purge voters (A6354 and S3233A).
—Phyllis Tashlik, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
The founder of China Evergrande Group, the world’s most indebted property developer, pleaded guilty to charges including misuse of funds, fundraising fraud and illegally taking public deposits, a court in China’s southern city of Shenzhen said.
—Reuters, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
Braxton was indicted a month later on federal charges for illegally possessing ammunition as a felon, was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
Spain has granted amnesty to immigrants who are in the country illegally before.
—Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Roblero-Perez is in the United States illegally.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Cherfilus-McCormick was recently found guilty by the ethics committee in a rare hearing of multiple violations after illegally funneling money to her campaign.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 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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Although autonomous intelligent systems (AIS) can offer significant benefits, they also can be used unethically.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Illegally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illegally. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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