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

Calumet City Clerk Nyota Figgs is seeking damages after the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing her of illegally destroying city documents in 2021. — Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Jose Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan citizen who arrived in the United States illegally two years prior, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Detroit police shut down a vape shop on Joy Road on Wednesday after an investigation into allegations that the business sold tobacco products to minors and illegally sold marijuana without the proper licensing. — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Florida has sued Netflix over its data-collection infrastructure, accusing the streaming giant of illegally accumulating massive troves of information on users to fuel its advertising business. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

And some waterfront residents have been known to illegally destroy wild rice plants near their docks intentionally to make room for their boats. — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2026

So far this year, 1,375 Haitians have attempted to enter the Turks and Caicos illegally. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Federal civil rights officials allege UC Berkeley’s law school illegally favored Black applicants over white and Asian candidates. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Last June, the European Anti-Fraud Office found huge piles of textile waste—somewhere around 4,200 tonnes—illegally shipped from Italy to Turkey in order to avoid expensive recycling requirements. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026