7 sentences with 'illegal'
Example sentences and phrases with the word illegal and other words derived from it.
• « For example, when illegal logging in the Philippines leads to deforestation, erosion and in turn flash floods, Filipinos die. »
• « Julius Caesar had committed illegal acts, including war without Senate authorisation, but he was protected from prosecution as long as he had an authorised military command. If he refused to renew his command or to allow him to stand as consul, he would be open to charges. »
• « When Christianity went from being an illegal cult to the official religion of the empire, the division of imperial territory into dioceses, overseen by vicars, would be adopted by the Catholic Church. This practice persists to this day in the administration of the Church. »
• « It was illegal to try to compete with the imperial silk industry, so the huge profits went straight into the royal treasury. »
• « Charles imposed taxes and tariffs that were not approved by parliament, which was technically illegal, and then forced wealthy subjects to lend to the crown at very low interest rates. »
• « Not only were the Scots well trained and organised, when parliament met it quickly turned against Charles, declaring his various laws and acts illegal and dismissing his ministers, an act remembered as "The Great Remonstrance". »
• « In the 18th century there was a real reading public that enthusiastically embraced the new ideas of the Enlightenment and provided a book market both for official, copyrighted works of Enlightenment philosophy and for pirated and illegal ones. »