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Free sign up"potentially illegal" is a correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used to describe actions or situations that may be considered illegal but have not necessarily been confirmed as such. You can use it in situations where there is a possibility of breaking the law, but it has not yet been proven. Example: The company's practice of dumping toxic waste into the river is potentially illegal, pending an investigation by environmental authorities.
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The second, potentially illegal.
Circumventing standards would be unethical, potentially illegal, and furthermore unprofitable.
The treatment ranges from unethical to potentially illegal.
The arrests were later condemned by activists and lawyers as "Orwellian" and potentially illegal.
It was banned by the Bush administration in 2006 as ineffective and potentially illegal.
Monitoring Wi-Fi connections en masse would be expensive and potentially illegal.
Another claimed that the number of hours he was expected to work was potentially illegal.
"She says that there are potentially illegal and unconstitutional breaches by the C.I.A.," Mitchell said.
This is just one among a range of unfair practices, some of them potentially illegal.
"Our greatest asset now is the scepticism of the potentially illegal immigrants," he said.
The exhibition, she says, takes the potentially illegal and makes it untouchable.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com