illegitimately

Example Sentences

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He was advised to go to the ticket office, where Brighton staff then informed him that his ticket had been purchased illegitimately.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

The FTC says drugmakers illegitimately use the patents to prevent competitors from offering cheaper generic alternatives.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2024

The city’s latest move took activists by surprise and further outraged organizers, who have accused officials of trying to illegitimately push through the construction of the project in an urban forest.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2023

Facebook suspended Kogan, Cambridge Analytica and Wylie last week, claiming they had illegitimately shared the data.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2018

That is not the case, unless we give the word disease an inconveniently and illegitimately wide extension.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Ellis, Havelock