illicitly adv.
违法地, 不正地
illicitly[ adv ]- in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom
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He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold
- in an illegal manner
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they dumped the waste illegally
Illicit \Il*lic"it\, a. [L. illicitus; pref. il- not + licitus,
p. p. of licere to be allowed or permitted: cf. F. illicite.
See {In-} not, and {License}.]
Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, illicit
trade; illicit intercourse; illicit pleasure.
One illicit . . . transaction always leads to another.
--Burke.
-- {Il*lic"it*ly}, adv. -- {Il*lic"it*ness}, n.
- Current law prohibits only accepting or using money that is, in fact, illicitly generated.
- A budding French-U.S. dispute over export controls took a new twist with allegations that an arm of France's third-largest bank is exporting Western technology illicitly to the Soviet Union.
- As previously reported, prosecutors also are investigating allegations that the company illegally transported nuclear waste across the Belgian border and illicitly stored nuclear waste throughout Germany.
- That was when the banker smiled and pointed out that the investor would be encouraged to maintain his stake because the alternative would mean his national authorities would be given details on how he had illicitly transferred the initial investment.
- The Federal Communications Commission began investigations of 19 small companies that allegedly sell equipment enabling satellite dish owners to illicitly unscramble satellite-delivered programming for free.
- Mr. Gohd said the firm nevertheless has taken steps to assure that its brokers don't buy illicitly obtained client lists.
- The newspaper, saying it was showing that illicitly obtained tests were widely available, published the answer sheet to a chemistry test Tuesday, the day it was to be given to an estimated 80,000 students across the state.
- The magistrates are reported confident of recovering more, which raises the issue of the real ownership of the money once it is proved to have been obtained illicitly.