English Dictionary

illegal

/ɪˈliːɡəl/

noun

(obsolete) An illegal act or technique. / (colloquial, in the plural, as illegals) Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs. / (colloquial, offensive) An illegal immigrant.

He was arrested for committing an illegal.

意味（1）

(obsolete) An illegal act or technique.

That whatſoever illegals hath been uſed againſt his friends and ſubjects, by impriſoning them without law, or impoſing fines upon their eſtates, be diſclaimed, and that perſons ſo committed be forthwith diſcharged.

意味（2）

(colloquial, in the plural, as illegals) Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs.

…I've got illegals in my bottom…!

意味（3）

(colloquial, offensive) An illegal immigrant.

意味（4）

(espionage) A spy working abroad illegally and undercover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.

Anna Chapman, whose glamorous appearance won her more publicity in the Western media than all the other illegals combined, was so successfully deceived by a US sting operation that she handed over her SVR laptop to an FBI agent posing as a Russian.