Illegal, or unlawful, typically describes something that is explicitly prohibited by
law, or is otherwise forbidden by a state or other governing body.
Illegal may also refer to:
Law
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Violation of law
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Crime, 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
Music
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Illegal (group), 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
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Illegals Program, 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, an anarchist philosophy which openly embraced criminality as a lifestyle
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