Synonyms for illicit
ɪˈlɪs ɪtil·lic·it

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1. illicitadjective

   contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention

   "an illicit association with his secretary"

   Synonyms:
   outlaw(a), unlawful, illegitimate, outlawed

   Antonyms:
   legal, licit

2. illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(a), outlawed, unlawfuladjective

   contrary to or forbidden by law

   "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"

   Antonyms:
   legal, licit

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1. illicitadjective

   Synonyms:
   unlawful, illegal, unlicensed

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1. illicitadjective

   Synonyms:
   prohibited, unlawful

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1. List of paraphrases for "illicit":

   illegal, wrongful, unlawful, illegally, impermissible, illegitimate, illicite, unlawfully, unauthorised, 'illicite, unauthorized

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1. Thomas Brown:

   Today, if you see bitcoins transacting, you almost assume they're from someone who wants to be off the grid, or they're proceeds from illicit transactions.

2. Ronald Colburn:

   Yuma became the ‘proof of concept’ that America can protect and control its border when the proper mix of resources are placed almost instantaneously, by 2008, Yuma Sector arrests of illicit border crossers and traffickers had dwindled from over 138,000 to 8,363.

3. Governor Lael Brainard:

   But there are risks, some of the new players are outside the financial system's regulatory guardrails, and their new currencies could pose challenges in areas such as illicit finance, privacy, financial stability and monetary policy transmission.

4. Sarah Pollack:

   Illicit drug and firearms sales have no place on our platform. We remove content and accounts that violate our policy and catch over 97 % of drug sale content and over 93 % of the firearms sales content we remove before it is reported to us, we've had productive conversations with Mayor( Lori) Lightfoot's office about promoting public safety in Chicago and look forward to continuing them. We remain ready to quickly respond to valid legal process from the Chicago Police Department in order to prosecute those who break the law and refer any matters involving credible threats to prevent harm.

5. Jeremy Douglas:

   The illicit drug market here is at a tipping point as synthetic opioid production appears to be migrating into places with deep governance problems like the Golden Triangle, southeast Asia could well become a source of opioids for other parts of the world while these substances get mixed into or displace part of the regional heroin supply.