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Illegal or dishonest

illegal

adjective

not allowed by the law

unlawful

adjective

something that is unlawful is illegal, especially something that would be considered legal in a different situation

shady

adjective

secret and probably dishonest or illegal

wrongful

adjective

unfair, or illegal

unconstitutional

adjective

not allowed or not legal according to the constitution (=set of official rules or principles) of a particular country or organization

unauthorized

adjective

not officially or legally allowed or approved of

improper

adjective

not legal or honest

illicit

adjective

not allowed by the law or rules

fraudulent

adjective

made with the intention of tricking someone, especially illegally

clandestine

adjective

secret and often illegal

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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