illegal
Example Sentences
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It is estimated that about 40% of these guns are illegal.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“By every measure Europe has not had this much control over illegal migration in a decade,” Magnus Brunner, the EU’s commissioner for migration, said earlier this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Council queries £45k fine for 'employing illegal worker'
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
From the director of ‘Tiger King,’ a new docuseries examines the cold-blooded, illegal trade in lizards and the like in the 1980s and the lives of those who facilitated it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
‘It’s illegal to be out at night. It’s illegal to be anywhere without your ID.’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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