Illicit - English meaning

adjective

Giving sufficient reason to take legal action.

Usage examples:

An actionable assertion

verb

Officially or legally prohibit (something).

Usage examples:

Parking is banned around the harbour in summer

noun

An official or legal prohibition.

Usage examples:

A proposed ban on cigarette advertising

noun

A curse.

Usage examples:

The land might be smitten by the ban which once fell upon the canaanites

noun

A person who has committed a crime.

Usage examples:

These men are dangerous criminals

adjective

Relating to crime.

Usage examples:

They are charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage

adjective

Involving or having the character of a crime

Usage examples:

She may face criminal charges for lying to a grand jury., he had an extensive criminal record (= an…

adjective

Relating to or involved in crime.

Usage examples:

They turned their felonious talents to the smuggling trade

adjective

Relating to a felony (= a serious crime that can be punished by one or more years in prison)

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They try to keep offenders away from the factors that influenced their felonious behaviour in the p…

adjective

Not allowed; banned.

Usage examples:

A list of forbidden books

verb

Refuse to allow (something).

Usage examples:

I can see why phones were forbidden

adjective

Not permitted, esp. by rule or law

Usage examples:

Automobiles are forbidden on the island., he was strictly forbidden to talk with them.

adjective

Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.

Usage examples:

Illegal drugs

noun

A person living in a country without official authorization.

Usage examples:

Letting the states bill the feds for the costs associated with illegals would hit the politicians i…

adjective

Against the law

Usage examples:

Fireworks are illegal in many places., illegally obtained passports

adjective

Not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rules.

Usage examples:

Defending workers against illegitimate managerial practices

noun

A person who is illegitimate by birth.

Usage examples:

A woman responding to a survey about the experience of illegitimates in 1986 said that her mother ‘…

adjective

Made illegal; banned.

Usage examples:

An outlawed extremist group

verb

Ban or make illegal.

Usage examples:

Secondary picketing has been outlawed

verb

Past simple and past participle of outlaw

Usage examples:

The new law will outlaw smoking in public places.

adjective

That has been forbidden; banned.

Usage examples:

They had deliberately fed prohibited material to their herd

verb

Formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority.

Usage examples:

All ivory trafficking between nations is prohibited

verb

Past simple and past participle of prohibit

Usage examples:

Motor vehicles are prohibited from driving in the town centre., the government introduced a law pro…

verb

Forbid, especially by law.

Usage examples:

Strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces

verb

Past simple and past participle of proscribe

Usage examples:

Torture and summary execution of political prisoners are proscribed by international law., the athl…

adjective

Not conforming to, permitted by, or recognized by law or rules.

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The use of unlawful violence

adjective

Not having an official licence.

Usage examples:

Unlicensed weapons

adjective

Not having a licence (= a document giving legal permission) for something

Usage examples:

Unlicensed agents/contractors/operators the agency can't take action against consumers for using un…