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7 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
originBorrowed from French illégal, from Medieval Latin illegalis, from Latin legalis, by surface analysis, il- + legal. In senses relating to immigration, via clipping of illegal alien or illegal immigrant.
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