English-Portuguese translations for illegal

• ilegal
  Porque é que as pessoas estão aqui ilegalmente? Why are the people here illegally?
  O tráfico ilegal de órgãos tem de ser abordado com dureza. We need to take a tough line on illegal organ trafficking.
  Quem é que está ilegal na União Europeia? What does illegal mean in the EU?
• proibido
  O emprego ilegal tem de ser penalizado e proibido em todos os Estados-Membros. Illegal employment must be penalised and prohibited in all Member States.
  Para além dos conteúdos ilícitos, são também proibidos "os conteúdos não desejados" e "os conteúdos nocivos". Not only illegal content, but also ‘unwanted’ and ‘harmful’ content are prohibited.
  Ele defende, justificadamente, - como nós, há algum tempo - que os instrumentos derivados devem ser proibidos. He quite rightly calls - as we have been for some time - for derivatives to be made illegal.

Definition of illegal

• Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law
• Forbidden by established rules
• Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country
• Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally
• An illegal act or technique
• Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs
• An illegal immigrant

Examples

• This is illegal, you know!
• Nearly 40 million people live in UK areas with illegal air pollution
• their illegal mining operations in Asia, Africa and elsewhere, are protected by officials and police paid to look the other way – and powerful customers in the construction industry who prefer not to ask too many questions
• Moving a pawn backward is an illegal move in chess
• illegal immigrant;  illegal logger;  illegal pilot

Related words

• illegality
• illegally
• illegalize
• illegalization
• illegalism
• illegal combatant
• illegal alien
• illegal immigration
• illegal immigrant