Vocabulary
Illicit
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
forbidden by law, rules, or custom.
Urdu meaning
غیر قانونی، ناجائز،ممنوع
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- These activities are interlinked with illicit networks that finance terrorism, creating a broader `illegal spectrum of crime`.
- Illicit financing sustains extremism.
- In Lower Dir, communal honour devoured a couple suspected of having illicit relations.
- We need drug policies that tackle the involvement of powerful quarters in the illicit drug network.
- While rumours of illicit sexual activities and sex trafficking had swirled around Epstein for years, the first formal complaint was filed in 2005 by the parents of a 14-year-old who claimed that she was molested at his mansion.
Synonyms
illegal, unlawful, forbidden, illegitimate, against the law; proscribed, outlawed, banned
Antonyms
licit, legal, above board
Curator example
“illicit drugs”
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