5 sentences with 'illegally'
Example sentences and phrases with the word illegally and other words derived from it.
• « After the Glorious Revolution, England's legislators felt sufficiently secure from royal attempts to seize power illegally that they were willing to increase the size and power of government and to levy new taxes. »
• « Enforcement of the embargo proved very difficult, especially in the states bordering British Canada. Smuggling was widespread; Smugglers Notch in Vermont, for example, made his name by illegally trading with British Canada. Jefferson attributed the embargo's problems to lax enforcement. »
• « Settlers continued to illegally cross the long border; by 1835, after the resumption of immigration, there were 20,000 Anglo-Americans in Texas. »
• « To meet the South's fierce demand for labour, American smugglers illegally moved slaves through Florida and, later, Texas. »
• « Many more slaves arrived illegally from Cuba; indeed, the Cubans relied on slave smuggling to prop up their finances. »