illicit
Example Sentences
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"The industry won't be successful if the illicit market does as it pleases."
From BBC
Dylan has written extensively about corporate crime and the murky world of illicit finance.
The world’s largest cash buyer of ships for scrap is setting its sights on the shadowy tankers that ferry illicit oil from Iran, Russia and Venezuela.
More than 1,400 Indonesians have left cyberscam networks in Cambodia in the last five days, Jakarta said on Wednesday, after Phnom Penh pledged a fresh crackdown on the illicit trade.
From Barron's
In Thailand, authorities have intensified investigations into money-laundering linked to scam centres, seizing assets and arresting suspects accused of moving illicit funds through banks, cryptocurrency platforms, and shell companies.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
