Illicit means Not approved by law, but not invalid. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like unlawful or illegal.
Illicit in a sentence
Related words
Illicit meaning
- Not approved by law, but not invalid.
- Breaking social norms.
- Unlawful.
Example sentences (20)
Ginnivan was hit with a strike under the league's illicit drugs policy and has also been suspended for two matches.
Police seized 23 firearms and 45 other illegal weapons during the operation, as well as a range of illicit drugs.
He was already suspicious of his wife's illicit affair with Shyamlal Hembram, who belongs to Segaisai village.
Mary Douglas Awali, a peer educator trained under the project, rescued Ana from the illicit early marriage.
It follows a police clampdown on the sale of these illicit products - and the age verification process of shops in the area.
Sergeant Clarke said that some of the methods used to store the illicit products had been quite ingenious.
Despite being warned multiple times by the Coast Guard about federal regulations, Garbowski continued his illicit activities.
But by then he had already met another vulnerable woman with whom he would have an illicit relationship.
OnPoint NYC’s supervised consumption allows people to use illicit drugs at the centers while being observed by nonprofit workers.
Sadly, global market data have shown a positive correlation between excise and illicit market growth.
Ginnivan admitted on Saturday that he had taken illicit drugs recently in the Torquay Hotel toilets.
A number of criminals involved in various illicit activities were arrested at the Southern Landfill site in Bloemfontein on Friday.
Defence solicitor Stephen Morrison said: “He was under the influence of illicit valium at the time.
Over the past five decades, the UN estimates that Africa has lost (pdf) in illicit financial flows.
Saarelainen reportedly promoted her in the fall of 1999, while the illicit sale of Finnish residence permits came to light in 2003.
As such, Nigeria cannot afford to permit the cultivation, sale and use of the most abused illicit drug under whatever guise,” he added.
He said he's seen other illicit visitors, and in the winter plenty of footprints in the snow.
He further warned that illicit drug dealing and abuse would not be tolerated in the state no matter the status of the individual involved.
Also, the document elaborates why the plaintiffs believe the datasets have illicit origins.
From January to overdose deaths occurred due to illicit drugs containing deadly substances.
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×
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