illegal
Example Sentences
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“I don’t think this makes short selling illegal, but I don’t think the trial gave us enough to say what it does mean,” Sutter said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Regulators are addressing suspicious betting on prediction markets, with other cases including a U.S. soldier charged with illegal betting on Nicolás Maduro’s ouster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
They also recorded 67,000 "ghost shops" across seven major food delivery platforms, which together with the order-transfer sites "formed an illegal supply chain through mutual collusion", Xinhua reported.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The tariffs address Brazil’s “unreasonable” policies on digital trade, IP, and illegal deforestation, among other U.S. commerce restrictions.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
A couple of times I even spied him wearing earbuds, which was probably illegal.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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