Illegal and Sly

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Illegal adjective - Contrary to or forbidden by law.

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Sly and illegal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sly" instead an adjective "Illegal".

Nearby Words: illegality, illegally

Sly adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.

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Illegal and sly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Illegal" instead an adjective "Sly".

Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

Their sly nature sometimes results in illegal activies, so it's not uncommon to see them portrayed as thieves or con-artists; in other words, they're a classic Trickster Archetype.

Source: Cunning Like a Fox
In Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Rajan is a seller of illegal "spices" and acts very much like a drug mogul.

Source: G-Rated Drug
Lawful Stupid: Sly actually calls Carmelita out on her dogged pursuit of him through the China stage, ignoring the large-scale, illegal fireworks factory and how the Panda King destroyed a village because she's so fixated on arresting him.

Source: Video Game / Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

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