Illegal, or unlawful, typically describes something that is explicitly prohibited by
law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...
, or is otherwise forbidden by a state or other governing body.
Illegal may also refer to:
Law
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Violation of law
A wrong (from Old English – 'crooked') is an act that is illegal or immoral. Legal wrongs are usually quite clearly defined in the law of a state and/or jurisdiction. They can be divided into civil wrongs and crimes (or ''criminal offenses'') ...
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Crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definit ...
, the practice of breaking the
criminal law
Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It prescribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal law i ...
* An illegal immigrant, a person that performed
illegal immigration
Illegal immigration is the migration of people into a country in violation of the immigration laws of that country or the continued residence without the legal right to live in that country. Illegal immigration tends to be financially upwar ...
Entertainment
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''The Illegal'' (novel) (2015), by Canadian writer Lawrence Hill
Films
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''Illegal'' (1932 film), British
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''Illegal'' (1955 film), American
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''Illegal'' (2010 film), Belgian
* ''The Illegal'' (2019), film starring
Suraj Sharma
Suraj Sharma (born 21 March 1993) is an Indian actor who made his debut in the 2012 film ''Life of Pi''. Directed by Ang Lee, the film was adapted from the novel of the same name, and earned Sharma critical acclaim as well as a BAFTA Rising St ...
Music
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Illegal (group)
Illegal was a short-lived hip hop duo composed of Jamal Phillips (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Malik Edwards (Holly Hill, South Carolina) that was signed to Rowdy Records.
History
The duo, known to be affiliated with the hip-hop collective ...
, a 1990s rap group
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"Illegal" (song), a track from pop singer Shakira's 2005 release, ''Oral Fixation Vol. 2''
See also
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* ''Illegal agent'', also known as
Non-official cover
In espionage, operatives under non-official cover (NOC) are operatives without official ties to the government for which they work who assume covert roles in organizations.
This is in contrast to an operative with official cover, where they assum ...
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Illegals Program
The Illegals Program (so named by the United States Department of Justice) was a network of Russian sleeper agents under non-official cover, unofficial cover. An investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) culminated in the arres ...
, Russian spies arrested in the United States in 2010
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The Illegal (disambiguation) The Illegal may refer to:
*'' Alambrista!'', a 1977 film directed by Robert M. Young
* ''The Illegal'' (novel), a 2015 novel by Lawrence Hill
* ''The Illegal'' (film), a 2019 Indian American English-language drama film written and directed by Danis ...
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Illegalism
Illegalism is a tendency of anarchism that developed primarily in France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland during the late 1890s and early 1900s as an outgrowth of individualist anarchism. Illegalists embrace crime, criminality either openly or s ...
, an anarchist philosophy which openly embraced criminality as a lifestyle
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