illegal
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Is illegal a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (philately, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.Synonyms: bogus
2. (of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally.Examples: "illegal immigrant"; "illegal logger"; "illegal pilot"offensivesometimes
3. (chiefly US, sometimes offensive) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.Synonyms: undocumentedUSoffensivesometimes
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) An illegal act or technique.Examples: "That whatſoever illegals hath been uſed againſt his friends and ſubjects, by impriſoning them without law, or impoſing fines upon their eſtates, be diſclaimed, and that perſons ſo committed be forthwith diſcharged."obsolete
2. (colloquial, in the plural, as illegals) Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs.Examples: "…I've got illegals in my bottom…!"; "“Here’s what I could do,” Eve supposed. “I could slap your head against that wall, while I’m kicking your balls into your belly,” she added to the companion. “And after that, I can have you in restraints while I turn out your pockets. You’re carrying illegals."colloquialin-plural
3. (colloquial, offensive) An illegal immigrant.Examples: "In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”."Synonyms: crimmigrantcolloquialoffensive
4. (espionage) A spy operating abroad illegally and under non-official cover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.Examples: "Anna Chapman, whose glamorous appearance won her more publicity in the Western media than all the other illegals combined, was so successfully deceived by a US sting operation that she handed over her SVR laptop to an FBI agent posing as a Russian."; "Traditionally, illegals have been extremely hard for counterintelligence agencies to find, but in a world of biometric data, facial recognition software and open source investigation possibilities, it has become harder for Russia to keep its illegals below the radar."
This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.
Definition source: Wiktionary