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Recent Examples of illegally
Immigrants residing in the country illegally and legally, with valid documentation, including green cards and visas, as well as those in the process of obtaining legal status have been detained.
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Amiri was acquitted of conspiracy last March, but convicted of illegally siccing his dog on an Antioch man and falsifying details to cover it up.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Earlier this month, a federal judge ruled that Google is able to keep its Chrome browser , after another judge had ruled that Google illegally held a monopoly in internet search.
—Sean Conlon, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
The material contained on this site is intended to inform, entertain and educate the reader and in no way represents an inducement to gamble legally or illegally or any sort of professional advice.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
The indictment said Cruse had illegally collected more than $700,000 in Medicaid dollars over a 10-month period in 2021.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The crash ignited a firestorm over immigration after the Florida Highway Patrol revealed that Singh, a native of India with a commercial driver’s license from California, had illegally entered the United States in 2018 after crossing the Mexico border.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
The Federal Trade Commission along with seven states has sued giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary for raising ticket prices by illegally working with scalpers and deceptive bait-and-switch pricing.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
If tax records and documents do not add up, employers and employees may be arrested and detained as investigators sort out who is illegally present in the United States or illegally employing workers.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Amiri was acquitted of conspiracy last March, but convicted of illegally siccing his dog on an Antioch man and falsifying details to cover it up.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Earlier this month, a federal judge ruled that Google is able to keep its Chrome browser , after another judge had ruled that Google illegally held a monopoly in internet search.
—Sean Conlon, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
The material contained on this site is intended to inform, entertain and educate the reader and in no way represents an inducement to gamble legally or illegally or any sort of professional advice.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
The indictment said Cruse had illegally collected more than $700,000 in Medicaid dollars over a 10-month period in 2021.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The crash ignited a firestorm over immigration after the Florida Highway Patrol revealed that Singh, a native of India with a commercial driver’s license from California, had illegally entered the United States in 2018 after crossing the Mexico border.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
The Federal Trade Commission along with seven states has sued giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary for raising ticket prices by illegally working with scalpers and deceptive bait-and-switch pricing.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
If tax records and documents do not add up, employers and employees may be arrested and detained as investigators sort out who is illegally present in the United States or illegally employing workers.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for illegally
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Among the dirty-faced population, nostalgia for the sea and fishing becomes something that enterprising business owners can exploit.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
11 Aug. 2025
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Coal burns dirty and is the worst source of carbon polluting greenhouse gases.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
Adverb
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Then, of course, there is the cognitive dissonance that arises when one behaves unethically, leading them to strive for alternative explanations for their actions, creating a feedback loop where unethical behavior goes unchecked.—
Lindsay Kohler,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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There really is no way to write ethics rules that stop unethical people from behaving unethically.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
21 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Illegally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illegally. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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