Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules;
- Example: "an illegal chess move"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Illegal \Il*le"gal\, a. [Pref. il- not + legal: cf. F.
ill['e]gal.]
Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary
to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence,
immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love.
--Bp. Burnet.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
illegal
adj 1: prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an
illegal chess move" [ant: legal]