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illegal
1626, from M.L.
illegalis,
from L.
in-
"not" (with assimilation of
-n-
to the following consonant) +
legalis
(see
legal
). Term
illegal immigrant
first recorded 1939 in ref. to Jews entering Palestine without authorization during the British mandate.
