illicit
illicit · illicits
A banned or unlawful itemA banned or unlawful item.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
/ɪˈlɪsɪt/
Meaning
1 sensesA banned or unlawful item.
Origin
Borrowed from French illicite, from Latin illicitus, from in- (“not”) + licitus (“allowed,Borrowed from French illicite, from Latin illicitus, from in- (“not”) + licitus (“allowed, permitted”), from licet (“it is allowed”). By surface analysis, il- + licit.
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