On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Illicit. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as unlawful or adulterous and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Illicit in a sentence
Related words
Illicit meaning
- Not approved by law, but not invalid.
- Breaking social norms.
- Unlawful.
Synonyms of Illicit
Using Illicit
- The main meaning on this page is: Not approved by law, but not invalid. | Breaking social norms. | Unlawful.
- Useful related words include: unlawful, adulterous, extramarital, extracurricular.
- In the example corpus, illicit often appears in combinations such as: illicit drugs, of illicit, the illicit.
Context around Illicit
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Illicit
- In this selection, "illicit" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fight, global, alleged, trade, drugs and drug stand out and add context to how "illicit" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and doing illicit drugs has and as the illicit market continues. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "illicit" sits close to words such as amended, anxious and capped, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with illicit
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Also, the document elaborates why the plaintiffs believe the datasets have illicit origins. (13 words)
A number of criminals involved in various illicit activities were arrested at the Southern Landfill site in Bloemfontein on Friday. (20 words)
Anyone needing to report information concerning underage or illicit sales of cigarettes and vapes can contact Hampshire Trading Standards directly. (20 words)
Any so-called liberation movement, its leadership and anyone connected to them who find themselves involved in any illicit trade of its country’s natural and any other resources for that matter, can no longer bear the title of a liberation movement. (42 words)
After an unspoken initial attraction, their dangerous flirtation turns into an illicit tryst at a time when McCarthy and his cronies were grouping communists together with so-called deviants – a witch-hunt that pushes them even further back in the closet. (41 words)
In reply to a query, Sars said they had an arsenal of tools to fight illicit trade, including policy and technology instruments, and added that management was still looking into track-and-trace technology as a solution to illicit trade. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Delta saw 26 illicit substance-related deaths that year — the most ever recorded in the city — and 161 emergency calls relating to illicit substance use.
Edward Omatseye (a.k.a Montana) coordinated the illicit drug trade activities for them in Nigeria, with Nnochiri Chidinma Promise as representative of Ben Cargo Ltd, a freight company responsible for the shipment of illicit consignments into the country.
In reply to a query, Sars said they had an arsenal of tools to fight illicit trade, including policy and technology instruments, and added that management was still looking into track-and-trace technology as a solution to illicit trade.
In terms of its structural capability to effectively protect against illicit trade, the Tracit report noted that the Philippines ranks 64th out of 84 countries evaluated by Global Illicit Trade Environment Index.
For as long as the illicit market continues to compete on convenience and price and access, we're going to continue to see an illicit market thrive either in tandem or instead of a thriving recreational market.
The alleged illicit money flows passed through Swedbank in Estonia during roughly the same time period that potentially illicit money flows passed through the Tallinn branch of Danske Bank.
Dr Chilufya warned the young people against engaging themselves in illicit activities such as drug abuse, illicit sex as well as excessive beer drinking and abuse of information communication and technology (ITC).
He said the rate at which young adults were losing their lives due to the use of illicit drugs was very alarming and called on students to desist from the use of illicit drugs.
Thus, heroin may be thought of as a more rapidly acting form of morphine. citation Illicit Illicit morphine is rarely produced from codeine found in over-the-counter cough and pain medicines.
A 22-year-old HND 1 female student of Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Isoyo Iveren Susan was on Saturday 15th April arrested opposite 2nd Gate of the institution for dealing in illicit drugs.
According to him, illicit dealing in drugs and substance abuse require serious effort and commitment of all stakeholders to tackle it in the best interest of society.
A ceremony recognizing the day was held at the Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park where many families gathered to share their grief and tell the stories of how they lost loved ones to the powerful and illicit drug.
After an unspoken initial attraction, their dangerous flirtation turns into an illicit tryst at a time when McCarthy and his cronies were grouping communists together with so-called deviants – a witch-hunt that pushes them even further back in the closet.
Ahead of Thursday’s sentencing, the defence explained to the court that the young man has since quit dealing and doing illicit drugs, has been employed full-time for three years and hopes to further his education.
Also, the document elaborates why the plaintiffs believe the datasets have illicit origins.
Analysts watching the situation closely say they haven’t seen evidence of stockpiling, but domestic availability of illicit drugs appears unaffected even as prices soar in anticipation of future shortages.
A number of criminals involved in various illicit activities were arrested at the Southern Landfill site in Bloemfontein on Friday.
Anyone needing to report information concerning underage or illicit sales of cigarettes and vapes can contact Hampshire Trading Standards directly.
Any so-called liberation movement, its leadership and anyone connected to them who find themselves involved in any illicit trade of its country’s natural and any other resources for that matter, can no longer bear the title of a liberation movement.
As such, Nigeria cannot afford to permit the cultivation, sale and use of the most abused illicit drug under whatever guise,” he added.
Common combinations with illicit
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- illicit drugs 33×
- of illicit 32×
- the illicit 27×
- illicit drug 17×
- an illicit 16×
- illicit substances 15×
- illicit trade 13×
- illicit activities 10×
- and illicit 10×
- in illicit 9×