"illegal" meaning in English

See illegal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈliːɡəl/ [UK], /ɪˈli.ɡəl/ [US], [ɪɫˈli.ɡəɫ] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-illegal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more illegal [comparative], most illegal [superlative]
enPR: ĭ.lē'gəl Rhymes: -iːɡəl Etymology: Borrowed from French illégal, from Medieval Latin illegalis, from Latin legalis, by surface analysis, il- + legal. In senses relating to immigration, via clipping from illegal alien or illegal immigrant. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|illégal}} French illégal, {{der|en|ML.|illegalis}} Medieval Latin illegalis, {{der|en|la|legalis}} Latin legalis, {{surf|en|il-|legal|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, il- + legal, {{m|en|illegal alien}} illegal alien, {{m|en|illegal immigrant}} illegal immigrant Head templates: {{en-adj}} illegal (comparative more illegal, superlative most illegal)
  1. Not authorized by law.
    Sense id: en-illegal-en-adj-7dkKSpBn
  2. Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law. Categories (topical): Crime, People Synonyms (forbidden by law): criminal, felonious, illicit, unlawful, irregular Translations (contrary to or forbidden by law): paligjshme (Albanian), παράνομος (paránomos) (Ancient Greek), ἀθέμιτος (athémitos) (Ancient Greek), غَيْر قَانُونِيٍّ (ḡayr qānūniyyin) (Arabic), ապօրինի (apōrini) (Armenian), անօրինական (anōrinakan) (Armenian), চোৰাং (süraṅ) (Assamese), আইন বিৰোধী (ain birüdhi) (Assamese), অবৈধ (oboidh) (Assamese), বেআইনী (beaini) (Assamese), illegal (Asturian), qanunsuz (Azerbaijani), qeyri-qanuni (Azerbaijani), qeyri-leqal (Azerbaijani), незако́нны (njezakónny) (Belarusian), нелега́льны (njeljehálʹny) (Belarusian), незаконен (nezakonen) (Bulgarian), нелегален (nelegalen) (Bulgarian), il·legal (Catalan), 非法的 (fēifǎ de) (Chinese Mandarin), 不合法的 (bùhéfǎ de) (Chinese Mandarin), 不法的 (bùfǎ de) (Chinese Mandarin), ilegální (Czech), nezákonný (Czech), strafbaar (Dutch), illegaal (Dutch), onwettig (Dutch), kontraŭleĝa (Esperanto), ebaseaduslik (Estonian), illegaalne (Estonian), seadusvastane (Estonian), laiton (Finnish), lainvastainen (Finnish), illégal (French), ilícito (Galician), ilegal (Galician), უკანონო (uḳanono) (Georgian), არაკანონიერი (araḳanonieri) (Georgian), არალეგალური (aralegaluri) (Georgian), კანონსაწინააღმდეგო (ḳanonsac̣inaaɣmdego) (Georgian), აკრძალული (aḳrʒaluli) (Georgian), illegal (German), rechtswidrig (German), παράνομος (paránomos) (Greek), έκνομος (éknomos) (Greek), άνομος (ánomos) (Greek), kū ʻole i ke kānāwai (Hawaiian), mawaho o ke kānāwai (Hawaiian), בלתי חוקי (biltí khukí) [masculine] (Hebrew), illegális (Hungarian), ólöglegur (Icelandic), neamhdhleathach (Irish), aindleathach (Irish), mídhleathach (Irish), neamhdhlíthiúil (Irish), illegale (Italian), 不法の (fuhō no) (Japanese), 違法の (ihō no) (Japanese), заңсыз (zañsyz) (Kazakh), ខុសច្បាប់ (khosachbab) (Khmer), 불법적인 (bulbeopjeog-in) (Korean), illicitus (Latin), pretlikumīgs (Latvian), neteisėtas (Lithuanian), незаконски (nezakonski) [masculine] (Macedonian), незаконит (nezakonit) [masculine] (Macedonian), противзаконски (protivzakonski) [masculine] (Macedonian), нелегален (nelegalen) [masculine] (Macedonian), и́легален (ílegalen) [masculine] (Macedonian), turekore (Maori), хууль бус (xuulʹ bus) (Mongolian), neqanûnî (Northern Kurdish), qedexe (Northern Kurdish), memnûh (Northern Kurdish), yasax (Northern Kurdish), qaçax (Northern Kurdish), derqanûn (Northern Kurdish), ulovlig (Norwegian Bokmål), forbudt (Norwegian Bokmål), lovstridig (Norwegian Bokmål), illegal (Norwegian Bokmål), ulovleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), illegal (Occitan), onjesazlich (Plautdietsch), nielegalny (Polish), ilegal (Portuguese), ilegal (Romanian), nelegal (Romanian), незако́нный (nezakónnyj) (Russian), нелега́льный (nelegálʹnyj) (Russian), неправоме́рный (nepravomérnyj) (Russian), ilegalan (Serbo-Croatian), nezakonit (Serbo-Croatian), ilegálny (Slovak), nezákonný (Slovak), ilegal (Spanish), haramu (Swahili), olaglig (Swedish), illegal (Swedish), lagstridig (Swedish), яшерен (yaşeren) (Tatar), ที่ผิดกฎหมาย (Thī̀ p̄hid kḍh̄māy) (Thai), yasa dışı (Turkish), illegal (Turkish), незако́нний (nezakónnyj) (Ukrainian), нелега́льний (nelehálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), قانۇنسىز (qanunsiz) (Uyghur), bất hợp pháp (Vietnamese), trái phép (Vietnamese), anghyfreithlon (Welsh), anghyfreithiol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-illegal-en-adj-1XmHCj6C Disambiguation of Crime: 7 48 6 1 2 0 5 1 1 22 4 3 Disambiguation of People: 8 17 1 0 0 0 24 3 0 0 27 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 12 14 1 10 5 16 6 0 7 19 4 Disambiguation of 'forbidden by law': 20 50 8 18 1 0 1 1 Disambiguation of 'contrary to or forbidden by law': 12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4
  3. Breaching certain enacted statutes of positive law; not lawful, not legal (cf. immoral, unethical)
    Sense id: en-illegal-en-adj-OSprWMSu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 12 14 1 10 5 16 6 0 7 19 4
  4. Forbidden by established rules. Synonyms: unethical Translations (prohibited by established rules): παράνομος (paránomos) (Ancient Greek), qadağan (Azerbaijani), забранен (zabranen) (Bulgarian), il·legal (Catalan), sääntöjen vastainen (Finnish), ilegal [feminine, masculine] (Galician), illegal (German), παράνομος (paránomos) (Greek), απαγορευμένος (apagorevménos) (Greek), 違法の (ihō no) (Japanese), 반칙의 (banchigui) (Korean), недозволен (nedozvolen) [masculine] (Macedonian), неправилен (nepravilen) [masculine] (Macedonian), turekore (Maori), qedexe (Northern Kurdish), memnûh (Northern Kurdish), ulovlig (Norwegian Bokmål), ilegal (Portuguese), proibido (Portuguese), ilegal (Romanian), непра́вильный (neprávilʹnyj) (Russian), неве́рный (nevérnyj) (Russian), ilegal (Spanish), haramu (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-illegal-en-adj-A~mb8PGm Disambiguation of 'prohibited by established rules': 3 10 4 75 2 0 3 4
  5. (philately, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country. Categories (topical): Philately Synonyms (totally fictitious): bogus
    Sense id: en-illegal-en-adj-Gv4~ySpU Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately Disambiguation of 'totally fictitious': 6 8 9 0 58 4 11 3
  6. (of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally. Tags: offensive, sometimes
    Sense id: en-illegal-en-adj-2UzFz-Be
  7. (chiefly US, sometimes offensive) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally. Tags: US, offensive, sometimes Categories (topical): People Synonyms (being an illegal immigrant): undocumented
    Sense id: en-illegal-en-adj-XP~ioXxo Disambiguation of People: 8 17 1 0 0 0 24 3 0 0 27 18 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with il- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 12 14 1 10 5 16 6 0 7 19 4 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with il-: 7 9 10 4 11 4 21 4 1 12 14 6 Disambiguation of 'being an illegal immigrant': 4 7 7 0 7 3 69 2
  8. (computing) Describing a programming operation that is not allowed by the operating system. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-illegal-en-adj-3fK7GMSk Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: illegal alien, illegal combatant, illegal forward kick, illegal immigrant, illegal immigration, illegal number, illegal prime, no human being is illegal, no human is illegal

Noun

IPA: /ɪˈliːɡəl/ [UK], /ɪˈli.ɡəl/ [US], [ɪɫˈli.ɡəɫ] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-illegal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: illegals [plural]
enPR: ĭ.lē'gəl Rhymes: -iːɡəl Etymology: Borrowed from French illégal, from Medieval Latin illegalis, from Latin legalis, by surface analysis, il- + legal. In senses relating to immigration, via clipping from illegal alien or illegal immigrant. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|illégal}} French illégal, {{der|en|ML.|illegalis}} Medieval Latin illegalis, {{der|en|la|legalis}} Latin legalis, {{surf|en|il-|legal|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, il- + legal, {{m|en|illegal alien}} illegal alien, {{m|en|illegal immigrant}} illegal immigrant Head templates: {{en-noun}} illegal (plural illegals)
  1. (obsolete) An illegal act or technique. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-illegal-en-noun-NDx6GXzn
  2. (colloquial, in the plural, as illegals) Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs. Tags: colloquial, in-plural
    Sense id: en-illegal-en-noun-xBXB2uBx
  3. (colloquial, offensive) An illegal immigrant. Tags: colloquial, offensive Categories (topical): People Synonyms (illegal immigrant): crimmigrant Translations (illegal immigrant): ապօրինի ներգաղթյալ (apōrini nergaġtʻyal) (Armenian), անօրինական ներգաղթյալ (anōrinakan nergaġtʻyal) (Armenian), qeyri-leqal mühacir (Azerbaijani), незако́нен имигра́нт (nezakónen imigránt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), immigrant il·legal [masculine] (Catalan), 非法移民 (fēifǎ yímín) (Chinese Mandarin), 黑民 (hēimín) (Chinese Mandarin), illegaal [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), sans-papiers [masculine] (Dutch), senpasportulo (Esperanto), senpasportulino (Esperanto), laiton maahanmuuttaja (Finnish), sans-papiers [feminine, masculine] (French), clandestin [masculine] (French), immigrant illégal [masculine] (French), immigrante illégale [feminine] (French), ilegal [feminine, masculine] (Galician), არალეგალი (aralegali) (Georgian), არალეგალური იმიგრანტი (aralegaluri imigranṭi) (Georgian), Illegaler [masculine] (German), illegaler Einwanderer [masculine] (German), illegale Einwandererin [feminine] (German), Sans-Papiers [Switzerland, feminine, masculine] (German), λαθρομετανάστης (lathrometanástis) [masculine] (Greek), illegális bevándorló (Hungarian), immigrato illegale [masculine] (Italian), clandestino [masculine] (Italian), 不法入国者 (fuhō nyūkokusha) (alt: ふほうにゅうこくしゃ) (Japanese), 불법 체류자 (bulbeop cheryuja) (Korean), 불체자 (bulcheja) (Korean), pendatang tanpa izin (Malay), ilegal [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), imigrante ilegal [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), imigrant ilegal [masculine] (Romanian), нелега́л (nelegál) [masculine] (Russian), нелега́лка (nelegálka) [feminine] (Russian), нелега́льный иммигра́нт (nelegálʹnyj immigránt) [masculine] (Russian), нелега́льная иммигра́нтка (nelegálʹnaja immigrántka) [feminine] (Russian), ilegal [masculine] (Spanish), inmigrante ilegal [masculine] (Spanish), sin papeles (Spanish), illegal invandrare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-illegal-en-noun-1UnUkCkS Disambiguation of People: 8 17 1 0 0 0 24 3 0 0 27 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 12 14 1 10 5 16 6 0 7 19 4 Disambiguation of 'illegal immigrant': 0 5 90 5 Disambiguation of 'illegal immigrant': 0 5 90 5
  4. (espionage) A spy working abroad illegally and undercover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities. Categories (topical): Espionage, People Translations (undercover spy): нелега́л (nelegál) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-illegal-en-noun-8fmIgsTd Disambiguation of People: 8 17 1 0 0 0 24 3 0 0 27 18 Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'undercover spy': 1 13 15 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: illegal immigrant

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for illegal meaning in English (40.4kB)

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “forbidden by law”",
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "more illegal",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most illegal",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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    "il‧le‧gal"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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  "senses": [
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        "Not authorized by law."
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      "id": "en-illegal-en-adj-7dkKSpBn"
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        {
          "text": "This is illegal, you know!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Nearly 40 million people live in UK areas with illegal air pollution",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "their illegal mining operations in Asia, Africa and elsewhere, are protected by officials and police paid to look the other way – and powerful customers in the construction industry who prefer not to ask too many questions.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1654, John Selden, “Money”, in Table-Talk, 3rd edition, London: Jacob Tonson, published 1716, page 74",
          "text": "In all times the Princes in England have done ſomething illegal to get Money: But then came a Parliament and all was well, the People and the Prince kiſt and were Friends, and ſo things were quiet for a while.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30",
          "text": "Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.",
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          "sense": "forbidden by law",
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          "_dis1": "20 50 8 18 1 0 1 1",
          "sense": "forbidden by law",
          "word": "felonious"
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        {
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          "sense": "forbidden by law",
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          "sense": "forbidden by law",
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        },
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          "sense": "forbidden by law",
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "paligjshme"
        },
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḡayr qānūniyyin",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "apōrini",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ապօրինի"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "anōrinakan",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "անօրինական"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "süraṅ",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "চোৰাং"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "ain birüdhi",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "আইন বিৰোধী"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "oboidh",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "অবৈধ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "beaini",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "বেআইনী"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "illegal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "qanunsuz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "qeyri-qanuni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "qeyri-leqal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "njezakónny",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "незако́нны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "njeljehálʹny",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "нелега́льны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nezakonen",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "незаконен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nelegalen",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "нелегален"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "il·legal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fēifǎ de",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "非法的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùhéfǎ de",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "不合法的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùfǎ de",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "不法的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ilegální"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "nezákonný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "strafbaar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "illegaal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "onwettig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "kontraŭleĝa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ebaseaduslik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "illegaalne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "seadusvastane"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "laiton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "lainvastainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "illégal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ilícito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ilegal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "uḳanono",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "უკანონო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "araḳanonieri",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "არაკანონიერი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "aralegaluri",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "არალეგალური"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳanonsac̣inaaɣmdego",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "კანონსაწინააღმდეგო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "aḳrʒaluli",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "აკრძალული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "illegal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "rechtswidrig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "paránomos",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "παράνομος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "éknomos",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "έκνομος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ánomos",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "άνομος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "paránomos",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "παράνομος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "athémitos",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ἀθέμιτος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "kū ʻole i ke kānāwai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "mawaho o ke kānāwai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "biltí khukí",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "בלתי חוקי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "illegális"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ólöglegur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "neamhdhleathach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "aindleathach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "mídhleathach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "neamhdhlíthiúil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "illegale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fuhō no",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "不法の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ihō no",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "違法の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "zañsyz",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "заңсыз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "khosachbab",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ខុសច្បាប់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bulbeopjeog-in",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "불법적인"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "neqanûnî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "qedexe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "memnûh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "yasax"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "qaçax"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "derqanûn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "illicitus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "pretlikumīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "neteisėtas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nezakonski",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "незаконски"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nezakonit",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "незаконит"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "protivzakonski",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "противзаконски"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nelegalen",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "нелегален"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ílegalen",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "и́легален"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "turekore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xuulʹ bus",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "хууль бус"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ulovlig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "forbudt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "lovstridig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "illegal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ulovleg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "illegal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "onjesazlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "nielegalny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ilegal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ilegal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "nelegal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nezakónnyj",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "незако́нный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nelegálʹnyj",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "нелега́льный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nepravomérnyj",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "неправоме́рный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ilegalan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "nezakonit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ilegálny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "nezákonný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ilegal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "haramu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "olaglig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "illegal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "lagstridig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "yaşeren",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "яшерен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "Thī̀ p̄hid kḍh̄māy",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "ที่ผิดกฎหมาย"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "yasa dışı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "illegal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nezakónnyj",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "незако́нний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nelehálʹnyj",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "нелега́льний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "qanunsiz",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "قانۇنسىز"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "bất hợp pháp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "trái phép"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "anghyfreithlon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 49 11 5 6 3 10 4",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
          "word": "anghyfreithiol"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 12 14 1 10 5 16 6 0 7 19 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Breaching certain enacted statutes of positive law; not lawful, not legal (cf. immoral, unethical)"
      ],
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          "Breaching",
          "breaching"
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          "enacted",
          "enacted"
        ],
        [
          "statute",
          "statute"
        ],
        [
          "positive law",
          "positive law"
        ],
        [
          "lawful",
          "lawful"
        ],
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "immoral",
          "immoral"
        ],
        [
          "unethical",
          "unethical"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Moving a pawn backward is an illegal move in chess.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forbidden by established rules."
      ],
      "id": "en-illegal-en-adj-A~mb8PGm",
      "links": [
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "unethical"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 10 4 75 2 0 3 4",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
          "word": "qadağan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 10 4 75 2 0 3 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zabranen",
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          "_dis1": "3 10 4 75 2 0 3 4",
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          "_dis1": "3 10 4 75 2 0 3 4",
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          "roman": "banchigui",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪɫˈli.ɡəɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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}

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        },
        {
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          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "hy",
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          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
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          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
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          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
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          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "fr",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
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          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
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          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
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          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
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          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
          "word": "არალეგალური იმიგრანტი"
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          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
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          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
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          "word": "illegaler Einwanderer"
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          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
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          "word": "illegale Einwandererin"
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          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "de",
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          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
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          "word": "λαθρομετανάστης"
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          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
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          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
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            "masculine"
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          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "alt": "ふほうにゅうこくしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fuhō nyūkokusha",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
          "word": "不法入国者"
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          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bulbeop cheryuja",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
          "word": "불법 체류자"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bulcheja",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "ms",
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          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
          "word": "pendatang tanpa izin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
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            "masculine"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "imigrant ilegal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nelegál",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "нелега́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "nelegálka",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "нелега́лка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nelegálʹnyj immigránt",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "нелега́льный иммигра́нт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nelegálʹnaja immigrántka",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "нелега́льная иммигра́нтка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "inmigrante ilegal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
          "word": "sin papeles"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 90 5",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "illegal immigrant",
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            "common-gender"
          ],
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        }
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        "espionage",
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
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          "_dis1": "1 13 15 71",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "undercover spy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "нелега́л"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ɪˈliːɡəl/",
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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ɪˈli.ɡəl/",
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        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[ɪɫˈli.ɡəɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-iːɡəl"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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}
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “forbidden by law”",
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    "English lemmas",
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    "English terms borrowed from French",
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    "English terms derived from Latin",
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    {
      "word": "illegal alien"
    },
    {
      "word": "illegal combatant"
    },
    {
      "word": "illegal forward kick"
    },
    {
      "word": "illegal immigrant"
    },
    {
      "word": "illegal immigration"
    },
    {
      "word": "illegal number"
    },
    {
      "word": "illegal prime"
    },
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      "word": "no human is illegal"
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      "name": "bor"
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        "2": "ML.",
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        "3": "legalis"
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        "nocap": "1"
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "illegal immigrant"
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      "form": "more illegal",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
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      "form": "most illegal",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "Not authorized by law."
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "text": "This is illegal, you know!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Nearly 40 million people live in UK areas with illegal air pollution",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "their illegal mining operations in Asia, Africa and elsewhere, are protected by officials and police paid to look the other way – and powerful customers in the construction industry who prefer not to ask too many questions.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1654, John Selden, “Money”, in Table-Talk, 3rd edition, London: Jacob Tonson, published 1716, page 74",
          "text": "In all times the Princes in England have done ſomething illegal to get Money: But then came a Parliament and all was well, the People and the Prince kiſt and were Friends, and ſo things were quiet for a while.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30",
          "text": "Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law."
      ],
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          "forbidden"
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        [
          "criminal law",
          "criminal law"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Breaching certain enacted statutes of positive law; not lawful, not legal (cf. immoral, unethical)"
      ],
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          "breaching"
        ],
        [
          "enacted",
          "enacted"
        ],
        [
          "statute",
          "statute"
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        [
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          "positive law"
        ],
        [
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          "lawful"
        ],
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "immoral",
          "immoral"
        ],
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          "unethical",
          "unethical"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Moving a pawn backward is an illegal move in chess.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forbidden by established rules."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "unethical"
        }
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "en:Philately"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country."
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          "philately"
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          "issue",
          "issue"
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          "fictitious"
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        "(philately, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country."
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      "raw_tags": [
        "of an issue printed for collectors"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "philately"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English offensive terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "illegal immigrant",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "illegal logger",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "illegal pilot",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Being or doing something illegally."
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      "links": [
        [
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          "illegally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "offensive",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English offensive terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "illegal immigrant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, sometimes offensive) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally."
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        "US",
        "offensive",
        "sometimes"
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      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "Describing a programming operation that is not allowed by the operating system."
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          "computing#Noun"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Describing a programming operation that is not allowed by the operating system."
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈliːɡəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈli.ɡəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪɫˈli.ɡəɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-iːɡəl"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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      "enpr": "ĭ.lē'gəl"
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      "sense": "forbidden by law",
      "word": "criminal"
    },
    {
      "sense": "forbidden by law",
      "word": "felonious"
    },
    {
      "sense": "forbidden by law",
      "word": "illicit"
    },
    {
      "sense": "forbidden by law",
      "word": "unlawful"
    },
    {
      "sense": "forbidden by law",
      "word": "irregular"
    },
    {
      "sense": "totally fictitious",
      "word": "bogus"
    },
    {
      "sense": "being an illegal immigrant",
      "word": "undocumented"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "paligjshme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡayr qānūniyyin",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "غَيْر قَانُونِيٍّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "apōrini",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ապօրինի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anōrinakan",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "անօրինական"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "süraṅ",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "চোৰাং"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "ain birüdhi",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "আইন বিৰোধী"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "oboidh",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "অবৈধ"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "beaini",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "বেআইনী"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "illegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "qanunsuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "qeyri-qanuni"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "qeyri-leqal"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njezakónny",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "незако́нны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njeljehálʹny",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "нелега́льны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nezakonen",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "незаконен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nelegalen",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "нелегален"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "il·legal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēifǎ de",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "非法的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùhéfǎ de",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "不合法的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùfǎ de",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "不法的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ilegální"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "nezákonný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "strafbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "illegaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "onwettig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "kontraŭleĝa"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ebaseaduslik"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "illegaalne"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "seadusvastane"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "laiton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "lainvastainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "illégal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ilícito"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ilegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uḳanono",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "უკანონო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "araḳanonieri",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "არაკანონიერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aralegaluri",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "არალეგალური"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳanonsac̣inaaɣmdego",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "კანონსაწინააღმდეგო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aḳrʒaluli",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "აკრძალული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "illegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "rechtswidrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paránomos",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "παράνομος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "éknomos",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "έκνομος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ánomos",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "άνομος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "paránomos",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "παράνομος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "athémitos",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ἀθέμιτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "kū ʻole i ke kānāwai"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "mawaho o ke kānāwai"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "biltí khukí",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בלתי חוקי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "illegális"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ólöglegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "neamhdhleathach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "aindleathach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "mídhleathach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "neamhdhlíthiúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "illegale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuhō no",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "不法の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ihō no",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "違法の"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "zañsyz",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "заңсыз"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "khosachbab",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ខុសច្បាប់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulbeopjeog-in",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "불법적인"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "neqanûnî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "qedexe"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "memnûh"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "yasax"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "qaçax"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "derqanûn"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "illicitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "pretlikumīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "neteisėtas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nezakonski",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "незаконски"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nezakonit",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "незаконит"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "protivzakonski",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "противзаконски"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nelegalen",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нелегален"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ílegalen",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "и́легален"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "turekore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xuulʹ bus",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "хууль бус"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ulovlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "forbudt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "lovstridig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "illegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ulovleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "illegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "onjesazlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "nielegalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ilegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ilegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "nelegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nezakónnyj",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "незако́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nelegálʹnyj",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "нелега́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepravomérnyj",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "неправоме́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ilegalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "nezakonit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ilegálny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "nezákonný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ilegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "haramu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "olaglig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "illegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "lagstridig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "yaşeren",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "яшерен"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "Thī̀ p̄hid kḍh̄māy",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "ที่ผิดกฎหมาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "yasa dışı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "illegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nezakónnyj",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "незако́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nelehálʹnyj",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "нелега́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "qanunsiz",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "قانۇنسىز"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "bất hợp pháp"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "trái phép"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "anghyfreithlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "contrary to or forbidden by law",
      "word": "anghyfreithiol"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "qadağan"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabranen",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "забранен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "il·legal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "sääntöjen vastainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ilegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "illegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paránomos",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "παράνομος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apagorevménos",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "απαγορευμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "paránomos",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "παράνομος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ihō no",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "違法の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "banchigui",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "반칙의"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "qedexe"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "memnûh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nedozvolen",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "недозволен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nepravilen",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неправилен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "turekore"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "ulovlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "ilegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "proibido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "ilegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neprávilʹnyj",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "непра́вильный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nevérnyj",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "неве́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "ilegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "prohibited by established rules",
      "word": "haramu"
    }
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    "Black's Law Dictionary"
  ],
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}

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    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "English terms prefixed with il-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/iːɡəl",
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      "name": "bor"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ML.",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1650, John Spalding, The History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland, from the Year 1624 to 1645, volume II, Aberdeen: T. Evans, published 1792, pages 72–73",
          "text": "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.",
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        "(obsolete) An illegal act or technique."
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        "obsolete"
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      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2004, “Reapercussions”, in Dead Like Me, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Mason (Callum Blue)",
          "text": "…I've got illegals in my bottom…!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, J. D. Robb [pseudonym; Nora Roberts], Strangers in Death, Penguin",
          "text": "“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.",
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        "(colloquial, in the plural, as illegals) Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs."
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        "colloquial",
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        "(colloquial, offensive) An illegal immigrant."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Christopher Andrew, ‘Colder War’, Literary Review, number 399",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 26, Shaun Walker, “Socialite who charmed Nato staff in Naples was Russian spy, say investigators”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A spy working abroad illegally and undercover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "espionage",
          "espionage"
        ],
        [
          "spy",
          "spy"
        ],
        [
          "undercover",
          "undercover"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(espionage) A spy working abroad illegally and undercover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "espionage",
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈliːɡəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈli.ɡəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪɫˈli.ɡəɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːɡəl"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ĭ.lē'gəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "crimmigrant"
    },
    {
      "word": "illegal immigrant"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "apōrini nergaġtʻyal",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "ապօրինի ներգաղթյալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anōrinakan nergaġtʻyal",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "անօրինական ներգաղթյալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "qeyri-leqal mühacir"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nezakónen imigránt",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "незако́нен имигра́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "immigrant il·legal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēifǎ yímín",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "非法移民"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hēimín",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "黑民"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "illegaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sans-papiers"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "senpasportulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "senpasportulino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "laiton maahanmuuttaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sans-papiers"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clandestin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "immigrant illégal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "immigrante illégale"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ilegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aralegali",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "არალეგალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aralegaluri imigranṭi",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "არალეგალური იმიგრანტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Illegaler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "illegaler Einwanderer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "illegale Einwandererin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "Switzerland",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sans-Papiers"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lathrometanástis",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λαθρομετανάστης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "illegális bevándorló"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "immigrato illegale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clandestino"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふほうにゅうこくしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuhō nyūkokusha",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "不法入国者"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulbeop cheryuja",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "불법 체류자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulcheja",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "불체자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "pendatang tanpa izin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ilegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imigrante ilegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imigrant ilegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nelegál",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нелега́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nelegálka",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нелега́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nelegálʹnyj immigránt",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нелега́льный иммигра́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nelegálʹnaja immigrántka",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нелега́льная иммигра́нтка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ilegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inmigrante ilegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "word": "sin papeles"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "illegal immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "illegal invandrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nelegál",
      "sense": "undercover spy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нелега́л"
    }
  ],
  "word": "illegal"
}

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