| 单词 | illegal |
| 释义 | illegal (ɪliːgəl ) Word forms: illegals 1. adjective B2 If something is illegal, the law says that it is not allowed. It is illegal to intercept radio messages. Birth control was illegal there until 1978. He has been charged with membership of an illegal organisation. ...illegal drugs. ...an illegal action. Synonyms: unlawful, banned, forbidden, prohibited illegally adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2 They were yesterday convicted of illegally using a handgun. The previous government had acted illegally. illegality (ɪlɪgælɪti )Word forms: illegalities variable noun There is no evidence of illegality. Synonyms: crime, wrong, felony, criminality 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Illegal immigrants or workers have travelled into a country or are working without official permission. Illegal immigrants or workers are sometimes referred to as illegals. ...a clothing factory where many illegals worked. Collocations: illegal import He singled out the illegal import of cigarettes, saying that the market was so huge that it attracted not only international criminals but 'our own smuggling brothers'. Times, Sunday Times Ministers want to see severe financial penalties for any illegal imports, reflecting the scale of the damage caused to rainforests. Times, Sunday Times More than half of 400 illegal imports were live animals (238), while the rest were either body parts (122) or unspecified (40). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1823 the authorities constructed a coastguard watch station to limit the illegal imports. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Astonished nature reserve staff were on the lookout for illegal loggers when they stumbled upon them crossing a river as they hunted for food. The Sun The forests are quickly disappearing into the mills of illegal loggers, and with them disappear the wild boar that the local people hunt. Times, Sunday Times By degraded forest it means land from which illegal loggers have selectively removed some of the most valuable trees. Times, Sunday Times Many are threatened by illegal loggers and miners. The Sun The chosen companies say, however, that the government has done little to control the illegal loggers who operate alongside them, making it almost impossible to run a profitable business. Times,Sunday Times She returned in 2007 to find their land and way of life under devastating threat from illegal logging, industry and disease. Times,Sunday Times War gave army officers freedom to make money out of illegal logging, smuggling and protection rackets. Times, Sunday Times He also asked state investigators to look into whether arson was being used to cover up illegal logging. Times, Sunday Times What the fi ghters began, illegal logging gangs and charcoal burners have done their best to fi nish. Times, Sunday Times The main culprits are legal and illegal logging, to meet the world's insatiable demand for tropical hardwood. Times, Sunday Times Enforcement teams will conduct hundreds of raids in the latest government measure aimed at creating a 'hostile environment' for illegal migration. Times, Sunday Times But we are still absorbing years of illegal migration. The Sun The governments national action plan on trafficking, which expires in 2010, focused on illegal migration which may lead to confusion between trafficking and smuggling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The advantages of illegal migration tend mostly to be on the side of the employer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other examples do show that increases in poverty, especially when associated with immediate crises, can increase the likelihood of illegal migration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She added that the hotel was not being investigated or linked to the illegal operation. Times, Sunday Times But the shutters are likely to come down for good on this illegal operation. The Sun I began to feel ill - you know, when 'illegal operation' appears and you just want to eat your keyboard. Times, Sunday Times It gives one some idea of the scale of the illegal operation. ST But she puts her future career at risk by performing an illegal operation in secret. The Sun The committee spoke out following the arrests of ten journalists on suspicion of illegal payments to police and public servants. The Sun Case files on two police officers suspected of receiving illegal payments from newspapers have been passed to prosecutors. Times, Sunday Times Result so far: out of 15 concluded cases against journalists accused of illegal payments, only two have been found guilty. Times, Sunday Times He denies making illegal payments to politicians, though, and has disowned the extracts as a forgery. Times, Sunday Times Originally indicted on 14 criminal counts, he eventually pleaded guilty to just two charges - making illegal payments and obstruction of justice - and was fined $35,000. Times, Sunday Times He has been charged with illegal possession of a mobile phone and his social media accounts have now been shut down by the providers. Times, Sunday Times He had admitted a charge of illegal possession of eggs and another of the illegal possession of egg-collecting equipment, including an egg-blowing kit and maps showing birds' nesting sites. Times, Sunday Times They face 44 charges of violating state laws by illegal possession of alligators, egg harvesting, transportation of eggs and hatchlings, falsification of records, dealing in stolen property, conspiracy and racketeering. Times, Sunday Times The penalties for illegal possession include up to a $250,000 fine and 10 years in prison. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sentence was for illegal possession of two facsimile machines and a telephone switchboard. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The publisher will be fined €10,000 for each illegal sale or publication of the pictures. Times, Sunday Times He maintained that the ordinance strictly targeted just the marketing, and so its requirements wouldn't be triggered by any reference to illegal sale. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The investigation into the illegal sale of federally protected birds resulted in 63 people being tried or taking a plea bargain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Authorities generally turn a blind eye towards illegal sale. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many have used solicitors and notaries that are working with the developers to push through illegal sales. Times, Sunday Times He reportedly reaped more than $4 million (2.4 million) from the illegal scheme. Times, Sunday Times Holly finds out about the illegal scheme, and puts charges up against him. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Federal agents play a debased role when they become the instigators of the crime, or partners in its commission, or the creative brain behind the illegal scheme. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Illegal schemes or scams are often advertised through spam or cold calling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, he had other problems, such as getting in trouble with the law and getting involved in illegal schemes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Unlike the illegal settlement just up the road they are not allowed access to networked water. Times, Sunday Times For its part, the government had largely ignored illegal settlement, but had encouraged intermarriage with cash payments as a means of assimilation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a result, the government has been threatening to bulldoze the illegal settlements, turning retirement dreams into nightmares. Times, Sunday Times Illegal settlements have been removed from beneath the flyovers and cloverleaf junctions, the choked drainage channels of a city prone to flooding and other public spaces. Times, Sunday Times They will have no businesses, homes, or illegal settlements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The police federation has ruled out any prospect its members would take illegal strike action similar to the walkout by prison officers last month. Times, Sunday Times Instead, without warning, they decided on an illegal strike. The Sun Kingfisher grounded all flights this month after what the management described as an 'illegal strike' by employees, who had demanded their salaries be brought up to date. Times, Sunday Times Miller appeared obviously dazed by the illegal strike and was given time to recover. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Any foul by a gladiator (illegal strike to the head, not in the five-yard zone) also was an automatic win. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was used to make illegal trading profits estimated at more than $100 million, according to court documents. Times, Sunday Times It may insist that banks do not allow large backlogs of trades to build up, as these are thought to provide cover for potentially illegal trading. Times, Sunday Times Most were created with the aim of becoming decentralised currencies but many gained infamy for illegal trading on the 'dark web'. Times, Sunday Times Most were launched with the goal of becoming decentralised currencies out of the reach of regulators and many, particularly bitcoin, have been used for illegal trading on the 'dark web'. Times, Sunday Times He also made enemies because of his efforts to stop illegal trading of reserve timber. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each member of the chain has an incentive to keep quiet because they receive a cut of the illegal transaction. Times, Sunday Times It sought merely to put the position back to where it should have been, and would have been, had no such illegal transaction ever been undertaken. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday e-mails emerged that showed the company had been warned by another whistleblower as early as 2008 about possible illegal transactions. Times, Sunday Times The agency said that the move was intended to 'combat illegal transactions, money laundering and clandestine banks'. Times, Sunday Times Since her disappearance, her bank accounts have been plundered, with illegal transactions worth thousands of pounds made in her name. Times, Sunday Times If you knowingly employ an illegal worker, you could also face up to two years in prison. Times, Sunday Times Those caught employing an illegal worker face a 2,000 fine or two years in jail for exploitation. The Sun But bosses have now admitted an illegal worker managed a team of its office cleaners until being arrested last month. The Sun They could face fines of up to 5,000 for every illegal worker. Times, Sunday Times Employers can also be issued with a civil penalty of either 15,000 or 20,000 per illegal worker but the number issued has also fallen. Times, Sunday Times No direct communication from the government at all — sneaky, cowardly, morally reprehensible and possibly illegal. Times, Sunday Times It was catastrophic negligence and possibly illegal. The Sun In real life, this would be embarrassing and possibly illegal, certainly unfair. Times, Sunday Times Opponents argued that it was an inappropriate and possibly illegal use of public funds, since many laborers were undocumented immigrants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They said state and federal laws designed to protect parkland from private development made this project unfair and possibly illegal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If you try to impose more than that, it becomes discriminatory and potentially illegal. Times, Sunday Times The phone companies also agreed to work with law enforcement agencies on the reporting of potentially illegal material. Times, Sunday Times He subsequently gave a potentially illegal donation via a proxy donor. Times, Sunday Times Civil liberties campaigners said software used by the firm to track the web-browsing habits of 36,000 people was potentially illegal. The Sun It may insist that banks do not allow large backlogs of trades to build up, as these are thought to provide cover for potentially illegal trading. Times, Sunday Times That law has never been rescinded so mince pies are still technically illegal. The Sun We have what would be technically illegal assistance going on. Times, Sunday Times By this time steroids were being widely used; they were not technically illegal until 1975, largely because no foolproof test had been developed. Times, Sunday Times Though technically illegal, it often happens too quickly for a referee to catch. The Sun A new law requiring all mobile vendors to register a permanent address - intended to help market traders to keep their traditional sites - has made most frietkots technically illegal, he said. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 非法的 Japanese: 不法な |
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