illegal

Definition

Examples

It is illegal to park in front of the fire exit.

Word Family

Synonyms

• unlawfulnot conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention
• illicitcontrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention
• unauthorizednot endowed with authority

Collocations

• Easy illegal parking
  describing illegal parking (prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules)
• Medium declare contract clause illegal
  to declare contract clause illegal, meaning to state emphatically and authoritatively
• Hard crack down on illegal insider trading
  to crack down on illegal insider trading, meaning to become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
• Very Hard declare an illegal strike null
  to declare an illegal strike null, meaning to state emphatically and authoritatively