illicit

adjective
🔊/ɪˈlɪsɪt/
🔊/ɪˈlɪsɪt/
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  1. not allowed by the law 非法的;违法的synonym illegal
    • illicit drugs违禁药物
    Topics Permission and obligationc2
  2. not approved of by the normal rules of society违背社会常规的;不正当的
    • an illicit love affair不正当的风流韵事
  3. Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin illicitus, from in- ‘not’ + licitus ‘allowed’, from the verb licere.