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was illicit
adjective
Not approved by law, but not invalid.
Exact(19)
Anything above this was illicit and liable to be seized.
During the reign of courtly love, love was illicit and usually fatal.
Wilde's wit was illicit and dangerous; Chesterton's pronouncements, by contrast, often sound like the fulminations of a bigot.
Such acceptance, though, was supposed to come after an effort had been made to root out the history of a piece in case it was illicit.
There is no indication that Ganek knew the information on Dell was illicit, and he has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
On May 6th it ruled that releasing tax returns into cyberspace was "illicit", and qualitatively different from making them available in paper form.
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So, apparently, is illicit online gambling.
Sotheby's denied that any items were illicit and said they had all been properly researched.
The most pernicious activity so far proven is illicit funding of a staff volleyball team.
"O people, these elections are illicit in the legislation of our Lord".
By the end of the film there will have been illicit liaisons.
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