Englishillegal
adjective
1 gangs operating illegal gambling:
unlawful, illicit, illegitimate, against the law, criminal, lawbreaking, actionable, felonious;
unlicensed, unauthorized, unsanctioned, unwarranted, unofficial;
outlawed, banned, forbidden, barred, prohibited, interdicted, proscribed, not allowed, not permitted;
contraband, black-market, under the counter, bootleg;
Law malfeasant;
German verboten;
informal crooked, shady;
British, informal bent, dodgy;
rare non licet.
▷antonyms legal; lawful.
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