How To Use Illegal In A Sentence

As the increase of THC is pumped into the bloodstream, there are no measurable tools to indicate the level of what might be considered an intoxicated level for marijuana, and any classification of such a level [one toke] could be considered illegal and on par with alcohol? 2008 June 28 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
The Canadian police doubted he was a genuine amnesiac and held him on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant.
by lawful/legal means. Lawful tends to be used in technical or literary contexts. The same is true of the opposites, unlawful and illegal, but illegal is used especially about criminal activities. Legal also means 'connected with the law':the US legal system.
In the late 1980s Craxi indignantly told Frei that he had never committed a single illegal act. Italy's Dirty Linen
A new law took effect last year that makes it illegal to abduct young girls and force them into marriage.

CAMBODIA - Cambodia is alarmed at the illegal import of pigs from the neighboring country of Viet Nam. ThePigSite - Global Pig Industry News Feeds
The drug smugglers used an assortment of inventive packaging to hide their illegal shipments.
Beyond the point of Fetal viability it becomes illegal except in extreme circumstances.
‘We can forcibly remove the blockades if we are sure that there is enough evidence that the blockaders are illegal,’ he told the Post.
It is not unusual to find substances in illegal drugs that are much more harmful than the drugs themselves.
In 2009, an Salvadorean illegal immigrant named Ingmar Guandique was arrested and charged with Levy's murder. Report: Chandra Levy-linked ex-congressman Gary Condit writing tell-all book
So long as there is a demand for the produce, illegal excavations and the smuggling of antiquities will continue.
This used to be illegal but several states have now repealed laws against perpetuities which used to limit the term of any family trust to about 90 years, after which time the family members would own the property outright, and thus finally have to pay taxes. Maxim Thorne: Giving Thanks for a Meritocracy Instead of Aristocracy
The Government should impose strict measures to contain illegal cutting down of sandalwood trees.
Worshipping in unregistered churches was strictly illegal, and those caught often faced severe punishment. A Church for China
Illegal drugs were also found. Times, Sunday Times
Enfin pourrait-on dire, l´occident, après des décennies de surdité, en vient lentement à combattre ce fléau criminel économique qui gangrène autant le développement de l´Afrique qu´il engraisse l´illégalité fiscale en Europe et de par le monde. Global Voices in English » Paris court investigates three African leaders
What are we going to do to defend ourselves from illegal civil liberties depredations?
The screening of this film will be followed by a discussion on illegal immigration.
illegal aliens entering the country.
Last year it settled charges that it illegally billed excessive fees and violated consumer protection regulations.
Third, this paper gives standard in reviewing of evidence in customs law enforcement, this is, legality, objectivity, adequacy, certifiable and the exclusion of illegal evidence, etc.
Oil was being smuggled illegally out of the country. Times, Sunday Times
Communications among individuals are often blocked legally by governments and illegally by enterprises to protect competitive advantages.
However, he conceded that the Government was yet to get a handle on the situation, as younger offenders were getting their hands on illegal guns.
The riders, known as scramblers, are illegally riding their motorbikes, quad bikes and scooters across Crane Park and are tearing up the ground in the process.
The Illegal Eagles have progressed from playing the small local club circuit to acquiring a reputation for themselves at major concert venues.
Most of the people we were lending to had, at one time or another, been indebted to illegal moneylenders, who charge interest rates of 300 percent per annum.
Although marijuana is technically illegal, personal consumption is arguably decriminalized due to the ‘ban on excessive punishment’ written into German law.
Locals from Mountmellick are incensed by the amount of household rubbish that is being illegally dumped in areas of the town.
There is no justification for allowing illegal traders in open spaces other than the markets.
A broad definition would encompass all disclosures of malpractice, as well as illegal acts or omissions.
Illegal hunting is threatening the survival of the species.
The complaints also seek to remove references to Lipitor in advertising materials and to eliminate computer links that misdirect patients to an illegal, unapproved product.
The worst dereliction is tolerance of rave parties where illegal drugs are sold and used, and minors are sexually exploited. Sound Politics: Seattle needs more police; and needs to use better sense in deploying the ones it already has
They say illegal ‘pirate’ fishing and non-cooperation from key countries pose the main threat to the bird's survival.
The trade was illegal but the government turned a blind eye. Times, Sunday Times
It is illegal to sell alcohol to children who are under age .
He was sentenced to four years for illegal possession of the firearm with intent to endanger life.
Illegals still walk into this country, bombs still fissel in crowed cities only to be spotted by street vendors, Packages still being shipped which "might have Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Under Sharia law gay sex illegal, with penalty of death as young as 14 years old.
Legalize Prostitution; illegalize Drug Companies Advertising on TV that is a crime worthy of prosecution. Spitzer Hires A Hooker, MSM Goes Ballistic
If smoking is so dangerous then a law should be passed making it illegal. Times, Sunday Times
In order to make sure the white guy driving the minivan with Jesus and NRA bumperstickers on the back is not an illegal alien Caucasian Australian with a perfect American accent, it only makes sense that caucasians carry the same ID materials any other race is required to. Think Progress » Arizona legislature demands immigrants and President of the United States verify their status.
Mr. Romney drew first when his campaign had Sheriff Paul Babeu of Pinal County, a semirural stretch of Arizona, record automated calls to Iowa voters last month calling Mr. Perry "part of the illegal-immigration problem. High Noon on Immigration; Toss-Up on the Prairie
Recently, itinerant workers - some illegal immigrants - have moved into the trade, at the risk of being exploited by gangmasters.
They say reporting suspected illegals over the Web will result in people being mistakenly fingered, or let people with a grudge turn in innocent victims.
This war and occupation was founded on Bush's lies and these lies have infected everythingabout thisillegal warand occupation~ from the quasi Iraqi American-controlled government to the purposely misleading body and wounded count and why, you ask? BRING THEM HOME NOW / NOT LATER IN BODY TUBES
The unarming of Israel's illegal nuclear capability. Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege
As drafted, neither bill would deny public elementary or secondary education to illegal immigrants, as Proposition 187 sought to do.
You are born-again, re-sobered, a former hardcore binge drinker and rumored huge fan of various illegal substances back in college, and you had at least one DUI arrest and went AWOL from the National Guard, and you've stashed away from public view all records of both your tenure as Texas governor, and those SEC investigations into your alleged insider trading. Chaos Theory:
The term "inclusive" is code for Republican light with a bid tent for gays, lesbians, transgenders, amnesty for illegal. Latest Articles
Yet the vast majority of the unknown number of illegal migrants living in Britain are overstayers; that is people who entered Britain legally as visitors, to work, or as students, and failed to go home again.
Traffic incidents included 15 motor accidents, 30 cases of traffic obstruction and 16 illegally parked cars.
Illegal downloading is having a drastic effect on the music industry. The Sun
Two booze barons are shipping in illegal hooch to the village in the boots of their cars and selling it to youngsters at knock-down prices.
They need to be believe that illegal activity is going on in premises before searching them.
The practice, known as noodling, is illegal in the Lone Star state and is subject to fines of up to $500. Texas Lawmakers Pass Noodling Bill
Masham Parish Council wanted to add uplighters to the stone bridge over the River Ure at a cost of about £4,500, but the scheme is strongly opposed by North Yorkshire County Council whose officials say it would be illegal.
Of these options hiring a prostitute is the least threatening to marriage but it's the only option which is illegal. Archive 2008-03-01
We are not all adults here, clearly you forget about the underage minors that try to obtain alchohol illegally. stupid is .... Booze News « PubliCola
Meanwhile, they're also accepting that the slump in singles sales isn't down to illegal downloading alone; they give some credence to the ‘rival entertainment’ argument.
It got the name ‘moonshine’ during Prohibition after the light by which mash men tended their illegal stills.
Next up for Bilbreath? how to spot an illegal alien by the curliness of their pubes. Think Progress » Rep. Brian Bilbray Says He Can Spot Undocumented Immigrants Based On The Shoes They Wear
DOBBS: The White House, says President Bush tonight, will announce what they call visionary proposals to deal with our illegal immigration and border security crises. CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2007
They had an affiliation with mobsters, drug dealings, illegal profiteers, and more, where they would store money, risk-free and securely, for everyone.
This country is undergoing a radical transformation because of illegal immigration and our President will do nothing to stop it.
D. Hayworth has now weighed in with his own bookful of border and immigration remedies, titled Whatever It Takes: Illegal Immigration, Border Security, and the War on Terror. Exodus
On surrendering, the paramilitaries had admitted only to the illegal possession of arms and to having agreed to commit an offence.
Under EU and Irish law, it is illegal to market uncertified seed.
Despite being illegal in Ireland, the blood sport of cockfighting still takes place in some parts of the country.
‘Illegal occupants were previously removed last year due to unsafe building conditions, but unfortunately the building was reinvaded,’ Singh said.
There is immoral, unethical and illegal prosperity on the one side and poverty-stricken people who are moral and ethical on the other.
Sorry, it was late at night and I was just put off by the notion that some substantial return of illegal migrants in the US to their native land would "repopulate" Mexico. Living in Mexico
Most of the detainees have been arrested on suspicion of illegal stay.
A judicial source said: 'Anybody involved in the illegal use of a handgun in public is liable to arrest. The Sun
If smoking is so dangerous then a law should be passed making it illegal. Times, Sunday Times
Heroin haul ... police seize drugs at illegal rave party site.
But golf officials suspected that some club faces had been resharpened and were often verging on illegality.
Even by the standards of the time, Picton's behaviour shocked: he was recalled to England in 1806 to stand trial for ordering the illegal torture of a slave.
Courts in Scotland have ruled it illegal to clamp a car parked on private ground and then to demand a fine.
The raising of taxes without the assent of Parliament was declared illegal.
Then you achieve consensus that the illegal traffic in marijuana, cocaine and heroin, principally, creates its own trillion-dollar economy.
Both groups are exploiting illegal immigrants for profit.
Police arrested the threesome on the grounds of selling illegal lottery tickets and brought them to the police station.
In this sentence the writer uses an illegal construction.
by lawful/legal means. Lawful tends to be used in technical or literary contexts. The same is true of the opposites, unlawful and illegal, but illegal is used especially about criminal activities. Legal also means 'connected with the law':the US legal system.
The judge also barred provisions that would have allowed state agencies to investigate and report alleged illegal immigrants.
Over the last year, there's been a surge in illegal fishing activity in Australia's northern waters.
But there are many illegal nightspots allowed to operate here.
The onetime Republican power broker faces up to 99 years in prison on felony charges that he orchestrated an illegal plan to funnel campaign cash to state GOP candidates who, after being elected, redrew congressional districts to favor their party. DeLay Corruption Trial Starts
The strikes were unofficial and might have been deemed illegal.
Although prostitution itself is not an offence, soliciting and pimping are illegal.
Councils will get sweeping powers to impose fines and tow away caravans illegally parked on private land.
At the root of the problem are illegal logging and the loss of wetlands to farming.
Chris, these people have such short memories that I think it only extends partially into the Bush era, which is rosily remembered as a utopia of liberty even though illegal wiretapping and members of the cabinet cashing in on the war on terror were a hallmark of the Bush years. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
The Business Software Alliance has estimated that up to 80 per cent of software sold on auction sites may be illegal.
We seem to have survived the cannonade of illegal fireworks. Entry #2,205
Illegal workers have to accept terribly low wages, miserable working conditions, and essentially no benefits.
But the continuing illegal flow of people into this country, which so many conservatives decry, is a product of those mechanisms. Concerns About the Immigration Bill, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
The Banksy Effect, the term coined by journalist Max Foster several years ago, speaks to an awakening of interest in the (often illegal) interventions that artists use to call attention to the way we complacently live under larger-than-life infrastructures built (often) by one-eyed men. Dylan Kendall: Street Art: A Window to a City's Soul
He achieved recognition with the bravura Stag at Sharkey's (1907; Cleveland, Mus. of Art), a vivid representation of an illegal prizefight.
I don't think it's "illegal" but it's moralistically incorrect.
The six have been charged with sedition and taking an illegal oath to commit a capital offence, and, if found guilty, could face life imprisonment.
The mayor of Lithuania's capital, Vilnius, has been filmed using an armoured vehicle to crush a car parked illegally in a cycle lane.
He is now calling for a united front between the agency and industry to squeeze out illegal operators and to support the existing tyre recovery system.
Local police - once again, actors - raid the villa and unearth a stash of illegal porn, blaming its existence on the harangued party boys, who now believe themselves to be facing time in a Spanish lock-up.
One must assume that a significant portion of these are illegal aliens.
It is illegal to sell uninspected meat to the general public. Canada.com
If you're accessing the Internet without properly securing your computer, hackers can gain illegal access to your files-often without your knowledge.
There will be much written about the pros and cons of this case: murder is unlawful, aiding and abetting suicide is illegal. Times, Sunday Times
During the six-hour surprise road check, more than 100 drivers of cars, trucks and busses tested positive for illegal drugs.
He catches animals and birds, he traffics in legal and illegal products.
It is deeply regrettable that both before and since those two spills occurred, much more oil has been spilt due to illegality. Times, Sunday Times
He didn't approve of using illegal drugs, but he had no real stance on legalization of pot.
Police finally made the gruesome discovery in his freezer after going to his farm with a warrant to search for an illegal gun. The Sun
Shopkeepers will also agree not to sell illegal fireworks which have been voluntarily banned by the industry.
Those arrested are being questioned on suspicion of drug dealing, handling stolen goods and possessing illegal weapons.
It must really irk you guys that Mccain and bush pretty much agree with the democrats on illegal immigration. and you are scared dems will destroy oil companies? wont unrenewable fossil fuels do the job anyways? Duck, It's Hillary!
The implements of Vera's illegal trade are a syringe, carbolic soap, a cheese grater and some disinfectant.
Wonder why these illegal immigrants "flocked" to South Louisiana? Archive 2007-05-01
Almost incidentally, on August 2, 1883, a decree went up in every town square in Russia: Yiddish theater henceforward would be illegal throughout the land.
The four orang-utans and two gibbons were returned to Indonesia after being illegally poached and smuggled to Japan eight months ago.
A few months ago, the cops busted an illegal numbers operation - the local Mafia's preferred racket these days - a few miles up the street from Vesuvio's.
Besides, do these illegals really want guest worker programs, or just to get all the benefits of citizenship without going through the legal process like the *legal* immigrants? Immigration: Spelling Things Out
Like Card, I responded legally, by pointing out to him that his actions could be construed as a form of cyberstalking, which is illegal in Michigan.
Are we losing the fight against illegal drugs?
Illegal possession of firearms carries a jail term of five to 10 years.
The number of informal traders who had their goods impounded for trading illegally in undesignated areas stands at 4 669.
DOBBS: Illegal aliens and their supporters say they are marching today in support of what they call immigrant rights. CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2006
Campaign funds have been used for apparently illegal activities.
The Aegean Sea is a popular route for illegal immigrants trying to access the European Union. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
Metro police has 24 undercover officers who are constantly on the look out for illegal activity.
I was warned before I left not to do anything silly, like becoming an illegal immigrant, a runaway.
This week, residents begin their own Minuteman movement to rid their city of illegal alien workers.
Revenue was also busy cracking illegal cigarette and tobacco smuggling.
That means being a rental agent representing more than one property in the capital is technically illegal. Times, Sunday Times
He also was penalized for an illegal shift that nullified his 1-yard touchdown reception late in the second quarter.
Taking road kill is illegal without a permit in Canada.
It is illegal to sell alcohol to children under the age of 18.
It seems to me that there must be cases when illegality can affect a letter of credit.
Illegal immigrants can regularize their position by obtaining the necessary residence permit.
The writers of these shows cannot let an episode pass without coercing a confession or lying their way into an illegal search.
The state-run news service reports they will stand trial and that their alleged crime is entering North Korea illegally, intending what they call hostile acts. CNN Transcript May 11, 2009
Manchester city council says it will investigate every beep - and says the police could be called in the last resort because it's illegal to toot unless it's an emergency.
There is almost certainly widespread illegal use as well as approved uses.
Barack Obama spoke outand continues to speak out against the war so we are left with a Democratic partywhich must have the courage to not only oppose Bush's illegal warand occupationof Iraq but end it soon ~ to fully restore its soul and its mandate with the American people. BATTLE FOR DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S SOUL HAS BEGUN
The committee spoke out following the arrests of ten journalists on suspicion of illegal payments to police and public servants. The Sun
The violation of law enforcement procedure express into four major categories: steps illegal, way illegal, order illegal, and time limit illegal.
Then various other terrified countries will follow suit, and soon enough the various international lawsuits piling up will cause the U.S.A., primary client of Lasik no doubt, to illegalize Lasik as well. More Bad News for the Lasik Business - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
The policy, designed to leave families homeless, impoverished and traumatized, is illegal because international law forbids the demolition of houses by an occupying power.
Demonstrations throughout the city have focused on immigration and an calling for an amnesty for illegal aliens.
They have persistently denied claims of illegal dealing.
At issue is a provision in the 1986 immigration bill barring the hiring of illegal aliens.
That is why Labour is going to introduce ID cards to boost our efforts in tackling the organised criminal gangs who traffic illegal immigrants, drugs and money into our communities.
It is therefore odd to watch him waver and wobble over an issue that is not only outrageously unjust, but also flagrantly illegal.
Much of this outpouring to inform and educate or miseducate the public may well have been illegal under McCain-Feingold if we were closer to November 2012. We Are All Citizens United
Illegal logging and timber smuggling influenced the policy and caused price rises for wood domestically.
One cannot dispute the illegality of last Monday's protests.
There is no doubt that the illegal drugs trade presents a serious challenge to policing. Times, Sunday Times
It is illegal to skateboard without a license.
Citi's actions weren't illegal, but broke an unwritten understanding not to whipsaw markets or take advantage of the thin summer trading.
Somebody whispered that films like that were illegal.
Iespecially like the “slap bass” towards the end in the days before theymade slap bass illegal,the coke fiend lead guitarist with the stratocaster andjacket sleaves rolled up, and the drummer who looks likehe owns thelocal garden centre. Cheeseburger Gothic » Stoner vids.
The practice of dumping unordered cars on dealers is not thought illegal.
The five have been detained by police since late last year on suspicions of illegal separatist activities in the troubled province.
He doused with petrol and inflammable glue 12 tonnes of illegally poached elephant tusks, worth almost ￡2m.
The Explorers program, a coeducational affiliate of the Boy Scouts of America that began 60 years ago, is training thousands of young people in skills used to confront terrorism, illegal immigration and escalating border violence -- an intense ratcheting up of one of the group's longtime missions to prepare youths for more traditional jobs as police officers and firefighters ... Boing Boing
In the State of Victoria it is illegal to feed wild dolphins.
It is illegal to sell cigarettes to children who are under age.
The Beverage Council of Ireland this weekend strenuously denied that the organisation had been involved in illegal price-fixing in the wholesale drinks market.
Documents leaked to this newspaper purport to reveal that radioactive waste is being illegally dumped on the site.
If beastiality is illegal, do people go to jail for drawing pics of people with horses? Boing Boing: August 13, 2006 - August 19, 2006 Archives
He was arrested July 19 at the McAllen airport and charged four days later with illegal entry into the US, falsifying information and falsifying a passport.
He said a crackdown on illegal minicabs is underway and this should help attract more black cabs.
At the moment it is illegal to own eggs stolen from protected birds in Britain, such as ospreys, sea eagles and golden eagles.
Police are investigating how £20 million was illegally transferred from/out of the Trust's bank account.
These charges range from weapons smuggling to illegally wiring large sums of money into the United States.
I think we have to differentiate here between those deer that have been legally shot at and those that have been illegally poached and there is a distinct difference.
When Heather's book appeared, indeed, a number of conservative commentators remarked it, calling admonitory attention to its author's thesis that a kind of illegal immigration, or technically legal immigration by culturally inassimilable people, played a major role in killing off the largest, longest-lived, most functionally universal polity that ever existed. The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe
Tanjung Benoa, on the southeast coast of Bali, is the centre of a deadly illegal trade in tortoiseshell and meat that is threatening to exterminate one of the world's most ancient species.
But the former freshman phenom is now the subject of allegations that he received illegal benefits while at USC and in high school.
I renew my recommendation of two years ago for the passage of a bill for the refunding to certain German steamship lines of the interest upon tonnage dues illegally exacted. State of the Union Address (1790-2001)
The one who escaped submitted a statement to the local court: the sheriff declared the arrest illegal, fined the bailiff, and insisted that the original dispute over labour payments could be heard only when the men were freed.
To date, printed scores have been strictly protected; photocopying them is illegal.
Publish destination contains at least one illegal character.
How can children be allowed to watch/observe these horrifying images, yet watching adults sipping wine in a store or wherever is illegal? Maine law: children not to observe wine tastings | Dr Vino's wine blog
At around $20, the puck-sized disposable device runs on sodium borohydride instead of the typical fuel-cell food methanol, which is illegal on airplanes because it is highly flammable. CES Feeding Frenzy 2006 Nine Fresh Finds From CES
My main concern is the fact that some of these young ones are forced into illegal drug activity by addictive parents.
Similarly, the much greater availability of illegal drugs has led to a phenomenal growth in drug offences.
The illegal payments were discovered by a journalist working undercover.
It illegally sacked its entire waterfront workforce and attempted to replace them with secretly trained strike-breakers.
The premier later told reporters that a referendum election is undemocratic and may be illegal.
I know she has mental health problems, but her bipolar condition won't be helped by taking illegal drugs and boozing. The Sun
And up next, more than 3 million Mexican nationals live illegally in the United States.
The whole wizard thing is just a front for his illegal drug selling activities.
An official assured that the issues of illegal towing of the vehicles by the traffic constables will be looked into and action will be taken against erring officials.
Existing commercial broadcasters claim the new stations are illegal.
She claimed not to have seen signs warning visitors that picking is illegal and that local bylaws prohibit taking anything from the woods. Times, Sunday Times
Don't violate the law, but don't reject an idea because it's illegal. You might be able to get the law changed. Robert H. Schuller

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