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illegitimately

adverb as in unlawfully

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The current president, the Department of Justice, FBI, and the federal, state, and local courts are acting illegitimately.

From Salon

The Organization of American States on Saturday also compared Friday’s break-in to a 2022 incident when Nicaraguan authorities “illegitimately occupied” their own offices in Managua.

The town - which has been almost completely destroyed - is seen as a gateway to nearby Donetsk, the regional Ukrainian capital seized by Russian-backed fighters in 2014 and later illegitimately annexed by Moscow.

From BBC

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

From Salon

“Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the planet squat in hotels for their last few weeks of pregnancy to illegitimately and illegally obtain U.S. citizenship for the child,” Mr. Trump said.

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

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