illegitimate :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

adj. of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful

adj. contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"

open, lawless, wide-open

adj. lax in enforcing laws; "a wide-open town"

wrong, incorrect

adj. not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"

out, taboo, tabu, prohibited, forbidden, proscribed

adj. excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"

illegal

adj. prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"

invalid

adj. having no cogency or legal force; "invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license"

unauthorized

adj. not endowed with authority

amerceable

adj. of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge

banned, prohibited

adj. forbidden by law

contraband, bootleg, black-market, smuggled

adj. distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"

criminal, felonious

adj. involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent"

dirty, ill-gotten

adj. obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"

embezzled, misappropriated

adj. taken for your own use in violation of a trust; "the banker absconded with embezzled funds"

extrajudicial

adj. beyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted; "an extrajudicial penalty"

extralegal, nonlegal

adj. not regulated or sanctioned by law; "there were only extralegal recourses for their grievances"

hot

adj. recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car"

misbranded, mislabeled

adj. branded or labeled falsely and in violation of statutory requirements; "confiscated the misbranded drugs"

punishable, penal

adj. subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense"

under-the-counter, under the counter

adj. done or sold illicitly and secretly

unratified

adj. lacking legal authority; "the unratified Equal Right Amendment"

legitimate

adj. of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

legal

adj. established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules

legal

adj. established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules

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