| Main Entry: | illegitimacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegitimateness |
Synonyms: |
bastardism, bastardy, illegitimation |
| Main Entry: | bar sinister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence of illegitimacy |
Synonyms: |
bastardy, baton sinister, bend sinister, illegitimacy, out of wedlock |
| Main Entry: | illegality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegal state |
Synonyms: |
clandestineness, illegitimacy, illicitness, immorality, lawlessness, unlawfulness, wrong |
| Main Entry: | illicitness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegality |
Synonyms: |
clandestineness, illegitimacy, immorality, lawlessness, unlawfulness, wrong |
| Main Entry: | unlawfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegality |
Synonyms: |
illegitimacy, illegitimateness, illegitimation, illicitness |
| Concept: | [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality. |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
lawlessness; illicitness; breach of law, violation of law; disobedience; unconformity., arbitrariness; antinomy, violence, brute force, despotism, outlawry., mob law, lynch law, club law, Lydford law, martial law, drumhead law; coup d'etat; le droit du plus fort; argumentum baculinum. illegality, informality, unlawfulness, illegitimacy, bar sinister., trover and conversion; smuggling, poaching; simony.
-verbs
offend against the law; violate the law; set the law at defiance, ride roughshod over, drive a coach and six through a statute; make the law a dead letter, take the law into one's own hands., smuggle, run, poach.
-adjectives
illegal, prohibited; unlawful, illegitimate; not allowed, illicit, contraband, actionable., unchartered, unconstitutional; unwarranted, unwarrantable; unauthorized; informal, unofficial; injudicial, extrajudicial., lawless, arbitrary; despotic, despotical; summary, irresponsible; unanswerable, unaccountable., null and void; a dead letter.
-adverbs
illegally; with a high hand, in violation of law.
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Antonyms: |
legality |
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