The phrase "illicit operation" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
"Illicit operation" refers to an illegal or forbidden activity or business operation. It can be used in a variety of contexts, such as describing criminal activities or actions that go against laws or regulations. Example: The authorities shut down the factory due to its illicit operation of dumping toxic waste into the nearby river.
That his taxes were due on what was then a mostly illicit operation seems only incidental.
The unit had also conducted an illicit operation in Iran, kept secret from all but those involved for fear of getting "chewed", a local expression meaning betrayed.
They don't know each other, but they have been assigned by their superiors to carry out an illicit operation, the nature of which is never revealed.
I submit that the officers had authority to enter the house, arrest any persons engaged in the illicit operation, and, not finding petitioner, arrest him upon his return to the scene.
It remained unclear how much of the rest of their profits they pocketed for themselves, given different layers of party and military officials involved in a typical illicit operation.
The illicit operation was part of a continuing illegal trade in the eggs of sturgeon, huge bottom feeders that live a century or more and reproduce slowly, whose high-priced roe have made them a target of poachers.
Growers, consumers, dealers, and others in the industry told VICE News about operators that undercut prices at state pot shops, and several sources described illicit operations that ship large quantities of weed across the country from states that have legalized pot to states that haven't.
Defendants who are out on bail have been known to continue their illicit operations.
Law enforcement agencies have shut down some illicit operations, but new ones seem to appear daily.
Tells about A.B. member Michael McElhiney at Leavenworth who took over a variety of illicit operations at the prison.
Moreover, the system can be switched off to cover illicit operations, causing the interruption of AIS reception.
