illicit
adjective/ɪˈlɪsɪt/
/ɪˈlɪsɪt/
- not allowed by the law synonym illegal
- illicit drugs
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- not approved of by the normal rules of society
- an illicit love affair
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin illicitus, from in- ‘not’ + licitus ‘allowed’, from the verb licere.
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