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illicitly
[ ih-lis-it-lee ]
adverb
- in a way that is not legally permitted or authorized; unlawfully:
She estimates that more than one-third of all software installed on personal computers is obtained illicitly.
- in a way that is disapproved of or not permitted for moral or ethical reasons:
In divorce proceedings, “corespondent” means the person that one of the partners has been illicitly sleeping with.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of illicitly1
Example Sentences
Nelson and others were able to get into the Ring accounts by illicitly obtaining usernames and passwords for Yahoo email accounts and identifying individuals who used the same credentials for their Ring home security systems.
The Bar Association is now looking into whether the company is illicitly offering services that only lawyers may offer.
She had prescription drugs in her system and also Etizolam, a benzodiazepine-type substance commonly known as street Valium because it is often sold illicitly.
The major piece of legislation aims to tackle organised crime gangs at far earlier stages in their plans to move people illicitly.
The feeling of illicitly eavesdropping nudges us to pay attention to how these characters rarely say what they mean and change personalities depending on who else is in the room.
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