illegal activity

collocation in English

meaningsofillegalandactivity

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illegal
adjective
uk
/ɪˈliː.ɡəl/us
/ɪˈliː.ɡəl/
not allowed ...
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activity
noun
uk
/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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(Definition ofillegalandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofillegal activity

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Any opium seized as the result ofillegalactivitywas to be confiscated.
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That is to say, there is noillegalactivity, because there are no incentives to act illegally.
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Perhaps, then,illegalactivity, high cost, and outsider status are jointly sufficient to accomplish the task of denial.
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Nonetheless, the document is more revealing of bureaucratic incompetence than of the corruption orillegalactivityof officials.
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At the margin it is less costly for the government to permit theillegalactivitythan to prevent it.
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Most physicians will choose to avoidillegalactivity, even if authorities would face difficulties in detecting violations.
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People should not continue anillegalactivity.
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There are no estimates available of thisillegalactivity.
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Again, however, this may not adequately preventillegalactivity.
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No evidence ofillegalactivityhas been uncovered.
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The first is a definition ofillegalactivity.
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The impact of all thisillegalactivityis significant.
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However, we must deal withillegalactivitywherever it occurs.
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A witness in the criminal courts did not of course declare herillegalactivity: she simply offered a legal and respectable occupation in its stead.
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As toillegalactivity, it is difficult to determine the exact quantity.
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Any evidence ofillegalactivitywill be investigated most thoroughly by the appropriate authorities.
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Up to that time it had been thought that that was anillegalactivity.
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That shows the determination of those who seek to defend theirillegalactivity.
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The extent of anillegalactivitysuch as drug misuse cannot be precisely measured.
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It is difficult to assess the scale of a problem which is essentially anillegalactivity.
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I trust that you would not be corrupted thereby into support of anyillegalactivity.
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The reason is that we have a complex, changing problem that involvesillegalactivity.
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That is anillegalactivitywhich is subject to criminal law.
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It is important to remember that we are talking aboutillegalactivity.
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So far this season,illegalactivityin this area has been low.
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