Backdating itself is not illegal, though a lack of accurate disclosure of it may well be fraud.

虽然缺乏准确一些信息它可能就是欺诈行为，但是期权回溯本身是不违法的。

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Only later did a lawyer hired by the White House discover that she had hired an illegal alien, though not during the years when doing so broke the law.

只有到后来律师被白宫发现她已经聘请了非法外星人，虽然不是这几年，在这样做的触犯了法律。

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Fengling is not the only student to have worked in this decidedly dishonest - though not technically illegal - field.

风铃并不是唯一一个从事这项带有明显欺骗性，但理论上又不违法的工作的大学生。

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Ministers' concerns centre on a number of practices, which, though not illegal, appear contrary to the spirit of the legislation.

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Though not illegal, this does allow corrupt brokers to hide illegal late trades in a batch of otherwise legitimate trades.

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Doctors can use some organs from donors who have just died, but though the practice is not illegal, there are currently no laws to govern it, leaving some doctors wary of the procedure.

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