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illegal

adjectiveadjektiv

illegal, unlawful · underground (of wartime resistance)

EtymologyOpphav

fra middelalderlatin from Medieval Latin

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. ulovlig, lovstridig;
    motsatt legallegal
    unlawful, contrary to law;
    opposite of legallegal
    • illegal handel illegal trade
    • illegale rusmidler illegal drugs
  2. særlig om hemmelig motstandsarbeid: som har som mål å motarbeide okkupasjonsmakten especially of clandestine resistance work: aimed at working against the occupying power
    • drive illegalt arbeid under krigen to do underground work during the war
    • illegale aviser underground newspapers