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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegal commerce |
| Synonyms: | bootleg market, gray market, illegal sales, illegitimate business, illicit business, run, shady dealings, underground, underground market, underworld market |
| Main Entry: | illegal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | against the law |
| Synonyms: | actionable, banned, black-market, bootleg, contraband, criminal, crooked, extralegal, felonious, forbidden, heavy*, hot*, illegitimate, illicit, interdicted, irregular, lawless, not approved, not legal, outlawed, outside the law, prohibited, proscribed, prosecutable, racket, shady, smuggled, sub rosa, taboo, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under the table, unlawful, unlicensed, unofficial, unwarrantable, unwarranted, verboten, violating, wildcat, wrongful |
| Notes: | a form of conduct will be illicit and a type of practice will be illegal |
| Antonyms: | allowed, authorized, ethical, good, lawful, legal, legitimate, moral, permissible, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | illicit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not legal; forbidden |
| Synonyms: | adulterous, black-market, bootleg, clandestine, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, crooked, dirty*, felonious, furtive, guilty, heavy*, illegal, illegitimate, immoral, improper, in violation of law, lawless, out of line, prohibited, racket, unauthorized, unlawful, unlicensed, wrong, wrongful |
| Notes: | elicit means to call forth emotions, feelings, and responses or to bring out or draw out, while illicit means contrary to or forbidden by law - unlawful literally, illegitimate is 'not lawful' and illicit is 'not allowed' a form of conduct will be illicit and a type of practice will be illegal |
| Antonyms: | blessed, good, legal, legitimate, licit, moral, noble, proper, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | traffic |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buy and sell; do business |
| Synonyms: | bargain, barter, black-market, bootleg, connect with, contact, deal, deal in, dicker, exchange, fence, handle, have dealings, have transaction, horse trade, interact, interface, make a deal, market, moonshine, negotiate, network, peddle, push, reach out, relate, shove, swap, touch, touch base, trade, truck, work out |
| Main Entry: | outlawed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illegal |
| Synonyms: | actionable, banned, black-market, bootleg, contraband, criminal, crooked, extralegal, felonious, forbidden, heavy*, hot*, illegitimate, illicit, interdicted, irregular, lawless, not approved, not legal, outside the law, prohibited, proscribed, prosecutable, racket, shady, smuggled, sub rosa, taboo*, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under the table, unlawful, unlicensed, unofficial, unwarrantable, unwarranted, verboten, violating, wildcat, wrongful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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