illegally

Example Sentences

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It said Shi had also used his official position to illegally obtain millions from temple construction projects, as well as offering huge bribes to Chinese officials.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Amazon Mining Watch said an area of 223,000 hectares was impacted by mining in Brazil between 2018 and 2025 -- almost 80 percent of it illegally.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The same office last month charged Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an Army special-forces soldier, with trading illegally on information he had learned about the U.S. military operation to remove former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Immigration agents, I noted, were acting as though they had carte blanche to detain people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, conducting raids that sometimes swept up American citizens.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Virtually unnoticed, he will become one of an estimated 48,000 children who enter the United States from Central America and Mexico each year, illegally and without either of their parents.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario