Example sentences for: illegal

How can you use “illegal” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • First, Greil Marcus does get rather obsessive, but the song "I'm Not There" is readily available on the "illegal Basement Tapes bootlegs."

  • The buying and selling of wine across state borders is still illegal in 28 states, including New York, where I live.

  • Nora and Gene Lum, two major Democratic fund-raisers, have agreed to plead guilty to felony charges that they arranged $50,000 in illegal political contributions in 1994.

  • Though Congress did not rescind emergency Medicaid from illegal immigrants, the legislation cited "a compelling government interest to remove the incentive for illegal immigration provided by the availability of public benefits" [ 13 ] . PRWORA was among several pieces of legislation in the mid-1990s - including California's Proposition 187 in 1994 and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 [ 16 ] - that embodied substantive immigration policy changes, the specific provisions of which have been enforced in varying degrees according to government priorities.

  • The Washington Post says the decision is based on new information developed by federal investigators that Clinton may have made campaign fund solicitation calls from the White House, and reports that the White House response is two-pronged: Clinton says he doesn't remember making such calls, and there is no clear legal precedent to show that they would be illegal anyway.


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