ILLICIT in a Sentence
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Example sentences for ILLICIT, such as:
1. This she did to escape the penitentiary and continued her illicit relation undisturbed.
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Meanings and Examples of ILLICIT
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illicit
a. illegal; unlawful; not authorized or permitted
Classic Sentence:
1 As is indeed not unfrequent with women of unimpeachable virtue, weary of the monotony of respectable existence, at a distance she not only excused illicit love, she positively envied it.
2 This she did to escape the penitentiary and continued her illicit relation undisturbed.
3 Upon that the disillusioned suitor would fly out upon the new order of things brought about by the inquiry into illicit fees, and curse both the tchinovniks and their uppish, insolent behaviour.
Example Sentence:
1 Some earned a living in illicit trafficking, from smuggling to prostitution, but others had been educated in France and had fortunes, lands, and slaves.
2 Authorities, however, are concerned that anonymous transactions conducted online are providing an avenue for illicit and criminal activities.