as in illegal
contrary to or forbidden by law
had a long history of using illicit drugs
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Recent Examples of illicit
There are limitations to a cashless society relating to financial exclusion, high usage fees and illicit payments.
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Emily Hamilton, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
Eight years later, the illicit market continues to thrive.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
As the country enters into the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic, sometimes called the polysubstance epidemic, marked by dangerous drugs like fentanyl and other additives making their way into other illicit drugs, drug awareness and prevention programs for youth can help promote safety.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
On Tuesday, Vice President Nguema Obiang Mangue ordered new measures to prevent judiciary and ministry officials from engaging in illicit acts at work, a government statement said.
—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Emily Hamilton, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
Eight years later, the illicit market continues to thrive.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
As the country enters into the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic, sometimes called the polysubstance epidemic, marked by dangerous drugs like fentanyl and other additives making their way into other illicit drugs, drug awareness and prevention programs for youth can help promote safety.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
On Tuesday, Vice President Nguema Obiang Mangue ordered new measures to prevent judiciary and ministry officials from engaging in illicit acts at work, a government statement said.
—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illicit
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Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.Lisa Beebe, Los Angeles Magazine, 5 July 2017
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Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2017
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Court documents show a Maricopa County Superior Court grand jury indicted Jeffrey Michael Kelly on Oct. 29 on four counts of unlawful use of an infectious biological substance or radiological agent.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner sued Musk and America PAC over the offer, calling it an unlawful lottery under Pennsylvania law and leading to Monday’s court hearing.David Ingram, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Officers conducting a preliminary investigation reviewed messages the student had left on Discord, an online chatting app used by gamers and others, and arrested the student on suspicion of making criminal threats.Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Those schools were, according to former pupils, hotbeds of cruelty and child abuse — an independent investigation in 2005 found evidence of criminal assault at the boys’ school in the 1970s and ’80s — as well as highly traditionalist values.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Illicit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illicit. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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