illegality

noun

Definition of illegalitynext
as in criminality

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  1. criminality
  2. abuse
  3. corruption
  4. immorality
Noun
  • Much of the reason for this can be traced back to the dark web and the underground criminal marketplaces that trade within it, where all the tools required to open up this type of criminality are laid bare for anyone with the cryptocurrency to purchase it.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • And an already weary donor community sees risks in the growing militancy and criminality in the camps.
    Nasir Uddin, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of criminality
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  • At the same time, the United States and Western allies have accused Xi of overseeing widespread human rights abuses, even claims of genocide, against the nation's Uyghurs through the use of mass internment camps, a charge the Chinese leader and his government have vehemently denied.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Endrick was also subjected to racist abuse on social media following Madrid’s 2-0 defeat by Liverpool last month.
    Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of abuse
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  • In 2016, parliament impeached Park Geun-hye, the country’s first female president, over a corruption scandal.
    Kim Tong-Hyung, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The only other president to be successfully impeached was Park Geun-hye, a conservative who left office in 2017 and was sentenced to 22 years in prison for a corruption scandal involving major corporations and the daughter of a cult leader.
    Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of corruption
Noun
  • The history of medicine is too littered with incompetence and immorality to believe that doctors have always been worthy of this status.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
  • And if that doesn’t work, whoever Trump chooses instead of Gaetz will almost certainly be just as destructive, if less flamboyant in his immorality and lust for attention.
    Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of immorality
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