Word Meanings - ILLEGAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love. Bp. Burnet.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ILLEGAL)

• Criminal
• Illegal
• felonious
• vicious
• culpable
• wrong
• iniquitous
• sinful
• immoral
• guilty
• nefarious
• flagitious
• Wrong
• Unfit
• unsuitable
• improper
• mistaken
• incorrect
• erroneous
• unjust
• illegal
• inequitable
• injurious
• awry

Related words: (words related to ILLEGAL)

• IMPROPERLY
  In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
• INCORRECT
  1. Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty. The piece, you think, is incorrect. Pope. 2. Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation. 3. Not
• IMPROPERATION
  The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne
• FELONIOUS
  Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commit a crime; as, felonious homicide. O thievish Night, Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, In
• WRONGOUS
  Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig. (more info) 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful.
• WRONG
  1. To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure. He that sinneth . . . wrongeth his own soul. Prov. viii. 36. 2. To impute evil to unjustly;
• ILLEGAL
  Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love. Bp. Burnet.
• ERRONEOUS
  1. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural. "Erroneous circulation." Arbuthnot. Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. Sir I. Newman. 2. Misleading;
• IMPROPERTY
  Impropriety.
• MISTAKEN
  1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
• WRONGLESS
  Not wrong; void or free from wrong. -- Wrong"less*ly, adv. Sir P. Sidney.
• INCORRECTLY
  Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated.
• SINFUL
  Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. Piers Plowman. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. Isa. i. 4. -- Sin"ful*ly, adv. -- Sin"ful*ness, n.
• CRIMINALITY
  The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutes a crime; guiltiness; guilt. This is by no means the only criterion of criminality. Blackstone.
• CRIMINAL
  1. Guilty of crime or sin. The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. Rogers. 2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness. Foppish and fantastic
• ILLEGALNESS
  Illegality, unlawfulness.
• IMMORALLY
  In an immoral manner; wickedly.
• ILLEGALITY
  The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.
• INJURIOUS
  1. Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable. Milton. Till the injurious Roman did extort This tribute from us, we were free. Shak. 2. Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health,
• WRONGDOING
  Evil or wicked behavior or action.
• CONVICIOUS
  Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting. "Convicious words." Queen Elizabeth .
• INFELONIOUS
  Not felonious, malignant, or criminal. G. Eliot.
• EXCULPABLE
  . Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation. Sir G. Buck.