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View definitions for illicitly

illicitly

adverb as in under the counter

adverb as in unlawfully

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Example Sentences

Magomed illicitly made $1.3 million from this bridge loan scheme.

Jackson County has never had a feud; its chief lawlessness has been the promiscuous sale of whiskey, illicitly, of course.

His conduct had been inspired by "power illicitly obtained."

The night has a subdued preciousness, like an illicitly pregnant womans.

The average price of a two-year-old not thus illicitly vended was 70 yen.

It did not abolish smuggling, inasmuch as a letter might be sent illicitly for a penny.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to illicitly, such as: bootleg, and under-the-table.

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

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