illicit

  • 71illicit — il•lic•it [[t]ɪˈlɪs ɪt[/t]] adj. 1) law not legally permitted; unlawful 2) disapproved of or not permitted for moral or ethical reasons • Etymology: 1645–55; < L illicitus il•lic′it•ly, adv. il•lic′it•ness, n. syn: See illegal …

    From formal English to slang

  • 72illicit — /ɪˈlɪsət / (say i lisuht) adjective not permitted or authorised; unlicensed; unlawful. {Latin illicitus forbidden} –illicitly, adverb –illicitness, noun …

  • 73illicit — Unlawful; illegal; prohibited or forbidden by law. State v Miller, 60 Vt 90, 92, 12 A 526 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 74illicit — see LEISURE …

    Word origins

  • 75illicit — see elicit …

    English homophone dictionary

  • 76illicit major — Fallacy committed when a syllogism has a major term distributed in the conclusion but not in the premise. ‘Some mortals are herbivores; no lions are mortal; therefore no lions are herbivores.’ …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 77illicit minor — Fallacy committed in a syllogism when the minor term is distributed in the conclusion but not in the premise in which it occurs. ‘Some lions are friendly; no friendly things roar; therefore no lions roar.’ …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 78illicit substances and hallucinations —    see drug induced hallucination …

    Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • 79illicit business — Synonyms and related words: anarchy, anomie, ballot box stuffing, bunco, cardsharping, cheat, cheating, cozenage, criminalism, criminality, diddle, diddling, dishonesty, dodge, fishy transaction, flam, flimflam, fraud, fraudulence, fraudulency,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 80illicit cohabitation — The living together as man and wife of two persons who are not lawfully married, with the implication that they habitually practice fornication. Thomas v. United States, D.C.Mass., 14 F.2d 228, 229. At common law and by statutes in many states,… …

    Black's law dictionary