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informal

adjective as in unofficial

adjective as in conversational or colloquial

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The administration eventually charged Maduro with leading the Cartel de los Soles – Cartel of the Suns – an informal criminal network tied to high-level Venezuelan military officials believed to have conducted drug trafficking into the U.S.

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“J&J voluntarily added a skin allergy warning to their Tylenol labels based on the FDA’s informal guidance,” the lawsuit says.

To escape taxes, many businesses and workers join the informal cash economy.

Many drivers wish to find other jobs, but options are limited in a country where 70 percent of work is informal.

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As Mr. Berry writes in “Marce Catlett,” there is only one rule for the people in this informal society: “When any of them needed help, the others came to help.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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