A lot of bicycles are illegally parked in front of the station.
Source: tatoeba (25972)
Illegally
//ɪˈliːɡəli//
Synonyms for "illegally" (8 found)
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Adverb(2 words)
Strong matches (2)
Adverb(2 words)
Related words (4)
Adverb(2 words)
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Translations
27 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- il·legalment adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不法地 adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
Dutch
1 entries- illegaal adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
Esperanto
1 entries- kontraŭleĝe adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
Finnish
1 entries- laittomasti adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
French
1 entries- illégalement adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
Galician
1 entries- ilegalmente adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
German
4 entries- gesetzeswidrig adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
- gesetzwidrig adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
- illegal adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
- rechtswidrig adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
Greek
3 entries- έκνομα adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
- εκνόμως adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
- παράνομα adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
Japanese
1 entries- 違法に adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
Polish
2 entries- bezprawnie adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
- nielegalnie adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
Portuguese
1 entries- ilegalmente adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
Romanian
2 entries- ilegal adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
- nelegal adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
Russian
2 entries- незако́нно adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
- нелега́льно adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
Spanish
1 entries- ilegalmente adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
Swedish
1 entries- olagligt adv (in a manner contrary to the law)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Cars parked illegally on this street will be impounded.
Source: tatoeba (710984)
They began to import liquor illegally to sell for high prices.
Source: tatoeba (802816)
Many people are living illegally in the country.
Source: tatoeba (1177881)
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