illegal immigrant

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

illegal immigrant

noun illegal immigrants

  1. offensive, sometimes Someone who has immigrated into a country by bypassing customs and immigration controls. The undergraduate student government at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday calling for the end of the use of the phrase “illegal immigrant,” saying it violates human rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. / “The racially derogatory I-word end

    Similar: illegal, crimmigrant, undocumented immigrant

Translations

Every language

noun illegal immigrant

Españolilegal, inmigrante ilegal, sin papeles
한국어불법 체류자 bulbeop cheryuja, 불체자 bulcheja
日本語不法入国者 fuhō nyūkokusha
中文非法移民 fēifǎ yímín, 黑民 hēimín
Portuguêsilegal, imigrante ilegal
Françaissans-papiers, clandestin, immigrant illégal, immigrante illégale
DeutschIllegaler, illegaler Einwanderer, illegale Einwandererin
Italianoimmigrato illegale, clandestino
Ελληνικάλαθρομετανάστης lathrometanástis
Românăimigrant ilegal
Русскийнелега́л nelegál, нелега́лка nelegálka, нелега́льный иммигра́нт nelegálʹnyj immigránt, нелега́льная иммигра́нтка nelegálʹnaja immigrántka

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"illegal immigrant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/illegal%20immigrant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

illegal immigrant. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/illegal%20immigrant

Chicago

"illegal immigrant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/illegal%20immigrant.

BibTeX
@misc{illegal_immigrant_2026,
  title = {illegal immigrant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/illegal%20immigrant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}