illicit

Speech parts

1. illicit - Noun

2. illicit - Adjective

3. illicit - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, illicit trade; illicit intercourse; illicit pleasure.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

illegitimate unlawful criminal illegal prohibited crooked secret banned forbidden corrupt improper immoral clandestine outlaw furtive
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Antonyms

licit may right just best established
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Phrases with the word

illicit drug use illicit meeting illicit gains illicit actions illicit money illicit income

Anagrams

illitic

Examples

Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity. George Soros

I think my parents had visions of me being found in the Thames with six illicit foetuses in my womb and needle marks up my arm. Fenella Fielding

Ayşe Erkoç learned long ago that the secret of doing anything illicit in Istanbul is to do it in full public gaze in the clear light of day. No one ever questions the legitimacy of the blatant. Ian McDonald

The work is the most fun; it seems illicit how much fun it is. Meryl Streep

They were like two pieces of a failed star, drawn together by a shared history and a memory of illicit kisses. Cinda Williams Chima

Segregation is wrong because it is a system of adultery perpetuated by an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality. Martin Luther King Jr.

Close letter words and terms

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