Measures with an appearance of legality suppressed the Communist Party in mid-February and included the plainly illegal arrests of Reichstag deputies.

That's plainly illegal.

No one steps forward to condone what's plainly illegal under United States and international law.

But Ms. Fink said 14 rooms on the first floor and in the basement were plainly illegal.

"They are plainly illegal," said Lt. Herbert G. Woods, managing attorney in the New York Police Department's legislative affairs unit.

Of those, loans totaling $638 million were plainly illegal.

"Not to the point of doing something plainly illegal," Robert said.

So far, nothing plainly illegal has been found in those deals.

This is plainly illegal under our own rules.

"I think it is plainly illegal," said Irving Sonnenschein, a Manhattan co-op lawyer.