illegality

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

illegality
    n 1: unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute
         [ant: {legality}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Illegality \Il`le*gal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Illegalities}. [Cf. F.
   ill['e]galit['e].]
   The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as,
   the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an
   illegal act.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "illegality":
      aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, crime, criminality, delict,
      delinquency, deviance, deviancy, felony, improperness, impropriety,
      inappropriateness, incorrectness, indecorousness, indecorum,
      inequitableness, inequity, infraction, iniquitousness, iniquity,
      injustice, misdemeanor, offense, sinfulness, tort, undueness,
      unfitness, unfittingness, unjustness, unlawfulness, unmeetness,
      unrighteousness, unseemliness, unsuitability, violation,
      wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, wrongfulness, wrongness

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