違法(いほう)

違法(いほう) indicates something that violates the law. It functions as both a noun and a na-adjective: 違法(いほう)な行為(こうい) (an illegal act), 違法(いほう)だ (it is illegal).

Common collocations

• 違法(いほう)駐車(ちゅうしゃ): illegal parking
• 違法(いほう)行為(こうい): illegal act
• 違法(いほう)改造(かいぞう): illegal modification
• 違法(いほう)コピー: illegal copy, piracy
• 違法(いほう)薬物(やくぶつ): illegal drugs
• 違法(いほう)に: illegally (adverbial)

Similar words

• 合法(ごうほう): legal, lawful (direct opposite)
• 不法(ふほう): unlawful, illegal (similar meaning, often used in 不法(ふほう)侵入(しんにゅう) "trespassing")

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Formal. Common in legal, news, and official contexts.