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20 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• illegal adj. Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.
• illegal adj. Breaching certain enacted statutes of positive law; not lawful, not legal (cf. immoral, unethical).
• illegal adj. Forbidden by established rules.
• illegal adj. (Philately, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a…
• illegal adj. (Of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally.
• illegal adj. (Chiefly US, sometimes offensive) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
• illegal n. (Obsolete) An illegal act or technique.
• illegal n. (Colloquial, in the plural, as illegals) Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs.
• illegal n. (Colloquial, offensive) An illegal immigrant.
• illegal n. (Espionage) A spy working abroad illegally and undercover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Asturian - Danish - Occitan
  • illegal adj. Illegal.
• Catalan
  • il·legal adj. Illegal.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• illegal bijv. Illegaal, onwettig, strafbaar.

— English word, defined in French —

• illegal adj. Illégal.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• illegal adj. Ilegal, ilícito, contrario a la ley.
• illegal s. Ilegal, inmigrante ilegal.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• illegal agg. (Diritto) illegale.

— In German —

• illegal Adj. Gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend, ohne behördliche Genehmigung…

— In French —

• illégal adj. Qui est contre la loi, qui ne respecte pas la loi.
• illégal n.m. Espion.

71 English words from 12 English definitions

abroad act and authorities behalf Being Breaching certain Chiefly collectors Colloquial Contraband Contrary Contrary␣to country criminal criminal␣law doing drugs enacted esp especially Espionage established fictitious for forbidden her his illegal illegal␣immigrant illegally illegals immigrant immoral issue issued law lawful legal not Obsolete of␣a of␣an offensive often on␣behalf␣of person Philately plural positive positive␣law printed residing rules something sometimes spy statutes substances such such␣as technique the ties Totally undercover unethical visible without working

4 English words from 8 foreign definitions

a␣la est ley pas

22 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

behördliche contrario contre Diritto ein Espion Gegen Genehmigung Gesetz ilegal ilícito Illegaal Illégal illegale inmigrante loi ohne onwettig qui respecte strafbaar verstoßend

36 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

illegall illegals illegally illegalise illegalism illegalist illegality illegalize illegalised illegalises illegalisms illegalists illegalized illegalizes illegalness illegal␣alien illegalising illegalities illegalizing illegal␣prime illegal␣aliens illegal␣number illegal␣primes illegalisation illegalization illegal␣numbers illegalisations illegalizations illegal␣combatant illegal␣immigrant illegal␣combatants illegal␣immigrants illegal␣forward␣kick illegal␣immigration illegal␣forward␣kicks illegal␣immigrations

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

no␣human␣is␣illegal no␣human␣being␣is␣illegal

19 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ega EGA egal gal Gal GAL gal. Gal. ill ILL 'ill I'll Ill. Ille leg leg. Lega legal Legal

15 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

age AGE agé %age -age ell Ell ELL 'e'll gel gell Gell lag LAG lage

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

gill-ale

5 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

gill-ales illeagle illegall illegals Langille

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

gelila

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

illegall

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