Synonyms of illegally

illegally

adverb

as in dirty

Related Words

• dirty
• unethically
• ignobly
• immorally
• underhandedly
• dishonorably

Dissimilar Words

• legally
• fairly
• fair
• clean
• cleanly
• morally
• ethically
• nobly
• honorably
• high-mindedly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of illegally

The Department of Homeland Security has said Salgado Araujo was in the country illegally and attempted to run over agents, who shot in self-defense, but has not provided evidence of its claims. — Albinson Linares, NBC news, 17 July 2026

The 6-3 vote struck down Louisiana’s voter map, ruling that lawmakers illegally used race to draw a new majority-Black district. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026

Argentina argues that the islands were illegally taken from it in 1833. — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Over the past four years, Yehuda Shaul, a co-founder of Breaking the Silence, told me, there has been a dramatic increase in isolated settler outposts, established illegally in Palestinian areas. — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

Cubalex, a local human rights organization that operates outside the country, on Monday filed a writ of habeas corpus in an effort to make certain that Otero Alcántara was not being illegally detained. — News Desk, Artforum, 15 July 2026

Gray has previously spent time in federal prison for illegally selling guns. — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

The Ukrainian campaign in the Sea of Azov started as an effort to isolate Crimea, the southern Ukrainian peninsula that has been illegally annexed by Russia since 2014. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

When my Northwestern colleague law professor Sheila Bedi sued the same House Committee For Education and the Workforce for illegally trying to get records of legal clinic work, the committee withdrew its subpoena. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026