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Electronics companies are purchasing the minerals that come out of the Eastern Congo, and they are illicit; they're dirty.
Robin Wright

Meaning of "illicit" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ILLICIT

illicit  [ɪˈlɪsɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ILLICIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Illicit is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ILLICIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Illicit

Illicit may refer to: ▪ illicit antiquities ▪ illicit drug trade ▪ illicit drug use ▪ Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act ▪ illicit major ▪ illicit minor ▪ illicit work ▪ Illicit Streetwear clothing company ▪ Illicit ▪ Illicit, a 1931 film starring Barbara Stanwyck ▪ Illicit, a 1992 album by Tribal Tech...

Definition of illicit in the English dictionary

The definition of illicit in the dictionary is not allowed or approved by common custom, rule, or standard.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ILLICIT


apophysate
əˈpɒfɪsɪt
basset
ˈbæsɪt
complicit
ˌkɒmˈplɪsɪt
corset
ˈkɔːsɪt
deficit
ˈdɛfɪsɪt
Dorset
ˈdɔːsɪt
elicit
ɪˈlɪsɪt
explicit
ɪkˈsplɪsɪt
facet
ˈfæsɪt
faucet
ˈfɔːsɪt
Fawcett
ˈfɔːsɪt
implicit
ɪmˈplɪsɪt
inexplicit
ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪsɪt
lancet
ˈlɑːnsɪt
licit
ˈlɪsɪt
overexplicit
ˌəʊvərɪkˈsplɪsɪt
sit
sɪt
solicit
səˈlɪsɪt
Somerset
ˈsʌməsɪt
transit
ˈtrænsɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ILLICIT

illiberal
illiberalism
illiberality
illiberally
illiberalness
Illich
illicitly
illicitness
Illimani
illimitability
illimitable
illimitableness
illimitably
illinium
Illinoian
Illinois
Illinoisan
Illinoisian
illiquid
illite

WORDS THAT END LIKE ILLICIT

a bit
balance of payments deficit
benefit
bit
budget deficit
budgetary deficit
cash deficit
circuit
credit
cut it
democratic deficit
Detroit
dit
edit
exclusive OR circuit
exit
fecit
fit
placit
trade deficit

Synonyms and antonyms of illicit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ILLICIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «illicit» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of illicit

Translation of «illicit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ILLICIT

Find out the translation of illicit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of illicit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «illicit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

违法的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ilícito
570 millions of speakers

English

illicit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अवैध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير المشروعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

незаконная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ilícito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবৈধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

illicite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Haram
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verboten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不法な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위법의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ilegal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bất hợp pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சட்டவிரோத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेकायदेशीर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yasadışı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

illecito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nielegalny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незаконна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ilicit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παράνομη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onwettige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

olaglig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ulovlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of illicit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ILLICIT»

The term «illicit» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.603 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of illicit
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ILLICIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «illicit» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «illicit» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about illicit

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6 QUOTES WITH «ILLICIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word illicit.
1
Sarah Churchwell
Music - not just the lyrics, but the music itself - expresses confused or illicit passions: rage, lust, envy, frustration, channeling these energies and creating an outlet for them.
2
Richard Louv
We are telling our kids that nature is in the past and it probably doesn't count anymore, the future is in electronics, the boogeyman is in the woods, and playing outdoors is probably illicit and possibly illegal.
3
James Harvey Robinson
We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposed to rob us of their companionship.
4
Ed Royce
The Unites States used to use law enforcement to aggressively target North Korea illicit activities - counterfeiting U.S. currency, drug-running, counterfeit cigarettes and pharmaceuticals - until diplomacy gutted those efforts. The effort should be reinvigorated.
5
George Soros
Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity.
6
Robin Wright
Electronics companies are purchasing the minerals that come out of the Eastern Congo, and they are illicit; they're dirty.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ILLICIT»

Discover the use of illicit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to illicit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers and Copycats are ...
Religious zeal or political goals drive terrorists, but profit is no less a motivator for murder, mayhem, and global insecurity than religious fanaticism. Illicit is the first book to reveal the full scale of this dark underground.
Moises Naim, 2010
2
Illicit Drugs: Use and control
The second edition of the popular Illicit Drugs: Use and Control provides a timely, up-to-date discussion of the key issues raised in the first edition, whilst also providing new chapters which address: Class, gender and race The geo ...
Adrian Barton, 2011
3
Legalizing Prostitution: From Illicit Vice to Lawful Business
Legalizing Prostitution provides a theoretically grounded comparative analysis of political dynamics, policy outcomes, and red-light landscapes in nations where prostitution has been legalized and regulated by the government, presenting a ...
Ronald John Weitzer, 2012
4
Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America
Urgent calls by politicians and pundits to regain control of the nation's borders suffer from a severe case of historical amnesia, nostalgically implying that they were ever actually under control. This is pure mythology, says Andreas.
Peter Andreas, 2013
5
Illicit
But can he tell her how he knows her deepest desires, and will she stay with him if she learns the truth? You’re invited…to explore your most forbidden desires with ILLICIT from author Opal Carew.
Opal Carew, 2013
6
Illicit Flirtations: Labor, Migration, and Sex Trafficking ...
But this is not to say that the hostesses were not vulnerable in other ways. Illicit Flirtations challenges our understandings of human trafficking and calls into question the U.S. policy to broadly label these women as sex trafficked.
Rhacel Parreñas, 2011
7
Family Life and Illicit Love in Earlier Generations: Essays ...
This text about the history of family life approaches the topic on several levels.
Peter Laslett, 1977
8
Illicit Trafficking: A Reference Handbook
The coverage includes a brief history of illicit trafficking, analyzes current problems, and examines local and global containment policies such as Presidential Decision Directive 42.
Robert J. Kelly, Jess Maghan, Joseph Serio, 2005
9
Illicit Drugs
This concise, up-to-date volume compiles information and materials documenting illicit drugs and their use from multiple perspectives.
Richard Isralowitz, Peter L. Myers, 2011
10
Illicit Flows and Criminal Things: States, Borders, and the ...
Illicit Flows and Criminal Things offers a new perspective on illegal transnational linkages, international relations, and the transnational.
Willem van Schendel, Itty Abraham, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ILLICIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term illicit is used in the context of the following news items.
1
IDF planning larger Gaza fence, but says illicit border crossing …
A senior Israel Defense Force officer said Thursday that the army is planning to build a much larger fence on the Gaza-Israel border, and ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
2
Illicit tobacco sold to test purchasers - Lancashire Evening Post
A mixture of locations across Morecambe and Lancaster sold illicit tobacco to test purchasers, it emerged today. All the tobacco collected was ... «Lancashire Evening Post, Jul 15»
3
Woman put on electronic tag for selling fake designer clothes and …
Middlesbrough Council's trading standards team visited the home in October last year and found it set up as a shop with piles of illicit goods ... «Gazette Live, Jul 15»
4
The High Environmental Cost Of Illicit Marijuana Cultivation by …
The High Environmental Cost Of Illicit Marijuana Cultivation. Marijuana growers are ravaging forests in northern California to produce their ... «Yale Environment 360, Jul 15»
5
Operation intercepts illicit poultry at Nigeria – Benin border | News24 …
Lagos - Frozen poultry products worth over N12 million have been seized during the first week of Operation Hawk Descend the Customs ... «News24 Nigeria, Jul 15»
6
Council accused of being "lax" in dealing with illicit Whitecairns …
Aberdeenshire Council has been accused of “sitting back” and leaving residents near an alleged illicit quarry to suffer. Residents of Whitecairns ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
7
Fiji, Australia intercept 3 mln USD illicit drug | Shanghai Daily
It was the second large seizure of illicit drug made with the latest joint cooperation of the Fiji Police Force and the Australian Federal Police, ... «Shanghai Daily, Jul 15»
8
allAfrica.com: Kenya: Mbugua and MP Clash Over War On Illicit Liquor
Mbugua said Gikaria has been going around the town claiming the county government does not support the fight against illicit brew. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
9
Illicit sex acts during mass, IV drug use in front of parishioners …
Illicit sex acts during mass, IV drug use in front of parishioners, human defecation at the church gates, muggings and threats of violence – the ... «Watford Observer, Jul 15»
10
Fake ATM cards, illicit gun found in home of drug accused
Police yesterday found two more illegal weapons and a large quantity of fake ATM cards during two search exercises, Crime Chief Wendell ... «Stabroek News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Illicit [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/illicit>. May 2024 ».
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