Sentence examples for illicit means from inspiring English sources

The first is "obtained through illicit means".

He tried to recover from injury and extend his career through illicit means.

It's the crime of receiving stolen goods, acquiring property through illicit means.

Some of these popes had mistresses and children, and many came to power through bribery or other illicit means.

But the prospect of achievement through illicit means in the Winter and Summer Games is more troubling, the poll indicates.

This forces many to stay precariously along the border, or get to safer places via illicit means.

Where the ends are illicit, the means almost always involve bitcoins.

An attorney for the city recently sent Guevara a letter -- received Aug. 17 -- accusing her of "obtaining city records evidently by illicit conspiratorial means" and threatening her with prosecution.

Though the report said no evidence of "severe" abuse (which includes sex trafficking, debt bondage, and slavery), the lack of a clear monitoring system for such illicit activities means the OIG ultimately couldn't say whether or not trafficking violations had taken place.

Indeed, recent reports on the use of illicit pharmacological means to enhance performance in amateur sports are alarming with regard to the high prevalence of these practices [ 19, 20, 30, 32- 35].

Does the rise of illicit opioids mean that prescription opioids are no longer a problem?