illicit

Example Sentences

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The bags are usually $1.49 or 99 cents, which feels almost illicit in this economy.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

The decision potentially paves the way for owners of other sanctioned ships to exit the so-called shadow fleet that carries illicit goods for countries such as Iran and Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

For Cage, it’s a combination of its visual aesthetic and the moral ambiguity of the mysteries and illicit affairs in film noir that have made the genre endure among cinephiles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Lula's new plan aims to focus on financially strangling criminal factions, disrupting money laundering and cracking down on illicit markets that supply these groups, such as arms trafficking.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

He found that the peasants’ vocabulary didn’t even have a word for illicit drugs, which almost no one could afford anyway.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French