Illegal

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Illegal, or unlawful, typically describes something that is explicitly prohibited by law, or is otherwise forbidden by a state or other governing body. Something that is considered a crime, but is not expressly forbidden by law, may be described as extralegal.

Illegal may also refer to:

• Law
  • Crime, the practice of breaking the law
  • An illegal immigrant - see illegal immigration
  • Illegal resident spy
  • Illegal drug trade
  • Illegal fishing
• Entertainment
  • Illegal (1932 film), a British film
  • Illegal (1955 film), an American film
  • Illegal (2010 film), a 2010 Belgian film
  • Illegal (group), a 1990s rap group
  • "Illegal" (song), a track from pop singer Shakira's 2005 release, Oral Fixation Vol. 2
  • Illegal Art, a record label

See also

• The Illegal (disambiguation)
• Illegalism, an anarchist philosophy which openly embraced criminality as a lifestyle