Illicitly is an English word with synonyms like illegitimately or legitimately. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Illicitly meaning
In an illicit manner; illegally, immorally, or inappropriately.
Synonyms of Illicitly
Using Illicitly
- The main meaning on this page is: In an illicit manner; illegally, immorally, or inappropriately.
- Useful related words include: illegitimately, licitly, legitimately, illegally.
- In the example corpus, illicitly often appears in combinations such as: to illicitly, for illicitly.
Context around Illicitly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Illicitly
- In this selection, "illicitly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, grown, involve, sox, manufactured, recorded and promised stand out and add context to how "illicitly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acquire it illicitly and analogs manufactured illicitly can be. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "illicitly" sits close to words such as abdur, abrasion and abscess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with illicitly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Most involve illicitly produced fentanyl and other potent lab-produced drugs. (11 words)
However, outside of careful supervision, fentanyl and analogs manufactured illicitly can be lethal. (13 words)
Whatever they do not have, they can adopt the Israeli approach to acquire it illicitly. (15 words)
In the end, the charges were narrow: Moro alleged that Lula was illicitly promised a beachside apartment, and that friends had effectively bought a ranch for his use, where Odebrecht made renovations at the request of Lula’s wife. (39 words)
Maputo, 5 Nov (AIM) - The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Wednesday passed unanimously the first reading of a government bill on the legal regime for the seizure of property and recovery of assets acquired illicitly. (38 words)
Instead of teaching right versus wrong, some in our society instead choose to demonize specific inanimate objects that rely on human interaction for outcomes that either illicitly injure, maim, or take life (evil), or defend life (good). (37 words)
Who will go to prison for illicitly producing, counterfeiting, smuggling or purchasing these products when the ban is implemented? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
At least two-thirds of all overdose deaths are now linked to illicitly manufactured fentanyl and similar synthetics, not prescriptions.
But for the notorious Camillagate tape, the illicitly recorded bedtime conversation between the then Prince of Wales and Camilla, the friendship with the Lansdownes might have remained private.
In the end, the charges were narrow: Moro alleged that Lula was illicitly promised a beachside apartment, and that friends had effectively bought a ranch for his use, where Odebrecht made renovations at the request of Lula’s wife.
Tennis great Boris Becker was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt.
Who will go to prison for illicitly producing, counterfeiting, smuggling or purchasing these products when the ban is implemented?
Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh): A farmer, his son and grandson were booked for breach of trust as confiscation of the crops grown illicitly on governmental land went missing.
Most involve illicitly produced fentanyl and other potent lab-produced drugs.
OUD can involve misuse of prescribed opioid medications, use of diverted opioid medications, or illicitly obtained heroin.
The accused person and his associates allegedly got access to the broking firm’s client data, and managed to illicitly operate their shares and make profits, causing them a loss of over Rs 14 crore.
The reimbursements were recorded as being for legal expenses, which prosecutors say was a fraudulent label designed to conceal the purpose of the hush money transaction and to illicitly interfere in the 2016 election.
Yet, these illicitly traded products already translated to a P495.5-billion gross domestic product loss.
Even if you could miraculously convince every legitimate web service to remove your data, you can never convince those who illicitly deal in personal data to erase it.
Major League Baseball continues to look into allegations the Red Sox illicitly swiped signals during their run to the 2018 World Series title.
Maputo, 5 Nov (AIM) - The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Wednesday passed unanimously the first reading of a government bill on the legal regime for the seizure of property and recovery of assets acquired illicitly.
Raab said the government was "almost certain" that Russian actors had sought to interfere in the 2019 general election by illicitly acquiring the government documents and leaking them online the social media website Reddit.
Instead of teaching right versus wrong, some in our society instead choose to demonize specific inanimate objects that rely on human interaction for outcomes that either illicitly injure, maim, or take life (evil), or defend life (good).
The court heard Holt had been prescribed medicine for pain relief and problems sleeping and had sought the tablets out illicitly when the prescription came to an end.
Whatever they do not have, they can adopt the Israeli approach to acquire it illicitly.
According to Nichols, the fentanyl sold illicitly for recreational use is instead manufactured in clandestine laboratories, frequently outside of the United States, and may be marketed as heroin.
However, outside of careful supervision, fentanyl and analogs manufactured illicitly can be lethal.
Common combinations with illicitly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to illicitly 6×
- for illicitly 2×