illegitimate
Noun
Adjective
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Contrary to or forbidden by law (synset 301406764)
"an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"similar to: illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
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Of marriages and offspring;
Not recognized as lawful (synset 301410437)also:- unauthorised, unauthorized - not endowed with authority
- illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
- invalid - having no cogency or legal force
similar to:- adulterine - conceived in adultery
- base, baseborn - illegitimate
- bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious - born out of wedlock
- fatherless - not having a known or legally responsible father
- left-handed - (of marriages) illicit or informal
- unlawful, wrongful - having no legally established claim
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