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 or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...
, the practice of breaking the
criminal law
* An illegal immigrant, a person that performed
illegal immigration
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 S ...
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 ass ...
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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 unofficial cover. An investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) culminated in the arrest of ten agents on ...
, Russian spies arrested in the United States in 2010
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The Illegal (disambiguation)
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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 criminality either openly or secretly ...
, an anarchist philosophy which openly embraced criminality as a lifestyle
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