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illicitly

adverb as in under the counter

adverb as in unlawfully

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The security of those materials has been an ongoing concern, with several serious incidents of uranium being illicitly sold in the years since.

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But just like the monster in Mary Shelley’s novel, this one is also determined to test the bounds of the life it has been illicitly granted.

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For the second and third purchases, he had "somehow" obtained two real driving licences belonging to adults named only as "Alice" and "Samuel" and used them "illicitly".

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In June, the government warned some asylum seekers may be illicitly working as food delivery drivers.

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It believes tyres should only be exported after shredding, which it said would make it more expensive and difficult to sell them illicitly in India.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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