illicit business
Example Sentences
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McKay’s admission allegedly came shortly after a March 1 Chelan County operation that enlisted Kennewick police to raid a suspected illicit business.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023
The proliferation of AIS manipulation has once again tipped the scales in the deceivers’ favor by allowing them to carry out illicit business while maintaining a veneer of respectability, said Mr. Salzman of Windward.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2022
Taco’s foodie-influenced approach, reporter Lexis-Olivier Ray wrote a companion piece about all the restaurants where prosecutors say Huizar met with developers while conducting illicit business.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic that has crippled big-box retailers and mom and pop shops worldwide may be making a dent in illicit business, too.
From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2020
Despite an official ban on trade between Ukraine and the separatist areas, long convoys of cars and trucks loaded with alcohol, cigarettes and coal carry on illicit business, angering and bewildering Ukrainian soldiers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 15, 2018
