illegal act

基本解釋

He called it an unprecedented illegal act.
他說，這是史無前例的非法行為。
This animal was shot—an illegal act—while it was raiding a rice field near the park.
這頭大象是在公園附近的稻田搞破壞時被人打了一槍，這種傷害大象的行為是違法的。
But Serbia and Russia reacted immediately to what they consider an illegal act backed by the international community.
但是塞爾維亞和俄羅斯認為，科索沃宣布獨立是在國際社會支持下的非法行為，并且馬上對此作出了反應。

Police Colonel Omidi insists that Iranian government authorities will intervene in political matters on the Internet if there has been an illegal act.
In other words, as the judge said, what's always moral isn't necessarily against the law and while I don't think that necessity justifies theft or murder or any illegal act, at some point your degree of necessity does, in fact, exonerate you from any guilt.
換言之，正如法官常說的，情有可原，未必不可法外容情,當然我不認為，一句情有可原,就能為盜竊，謀殺以及其他違法行為正名，但有時，情有可原的程度,確實可能法外容情，赦免你的罪行。
耶魯公開課 - 公正課程節(jié)選

An illegal act of defiance for which he was found innocent, as often happens.
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"Malfeasance" suggests wrongful doing, as in an individual intentionally performing an illegal act.
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違法行為
The meaning of “ultima ratio of penalty” means that thecriminal law should be regarded as the last defense to punish the illegal act.
所謂刑法謙抑,是指刑法應當作為抗制社會違法行為的最后一道防線,應根據(jù)一定的規(guī)則控制處罰范圍與處罰程度。
不法行為