illicit
[ih-lis-it]
adjective
not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.
disapproved of or not permitted for moral or ethical reasons.
Origin of illicit
Synonyms for illicit
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A greater volume of trade was probably carried on illicitly with England.
Union and DemocracyAllen Johnson
The night has a subdued preciousness, like an illicitly pregnant womans.
I, Mary MacLaneMary MacLane
Have you good reasons for supposing him to have been illicitly connected with that girl?
Arthur MervynCharles Brockden Brown
It is needless to remark that the only foodstuffs now for secret sale are those that have been stolen or illicitly concealed.
The Secrets of a KuttiteEdward O. Mousley
Jackson County has never had a feud; its chief lawlessness has been the promiscuous sale of whiskey, illicitly, of course.
Kentucky's Famous Feuds and TragediesChas. G Mutzenberg
illicit
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