Illicit
[ɪ'lɪsɪt]
Definition
(adj.) contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention; 'an illicit association with his secretary' .
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Definition
(a.) Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, illicit trade; illicit intercourse; illicit pleasure.
Typist: Nelda
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unlawful, illegal, unlicensed.
Typist: Sadie
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See LICIT]
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Definition
adj. not allowable: unlawful: unlicensed.—adv. Illic′itly.—n. Illic′itness.
Edited by Cecilia
Examples
- And the time is not yet passed when we punish the offspring of illicit love, and visit vengeance unto the third and fourth generations. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The five thousand professionals do not begin to represent the whole illicit traffic of a city like Chicago. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A mass of material is offered which does in a way show where and how and to what extent lust finds its illicit expression. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The topics to which it wanders are unavowed and hence intellectually illicit; transactions with them are furtive. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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