All illicit synonyms
il·lic·it
I i adj illicit
- illegitimate — born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock: an illegitimate child.
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- illegal — forbidden by law or statute.
- bootleg — Bootleg is used to describe something that is made secretly and sold illegally.
- unlawful — not lawful; contrary to law; illegal.
- improper — not proper; not strictly belonging, applicable, correct, etc.; erroneous: He drew improper conclusions from the scant evidence.
- prohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- clandestine — Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.
- contraband — Contraband refers to goods that are taken into or out of a country illegally.
- wrongful — unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
- furtive — taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- immoral — violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics.
- adulterous — An adulterous relationship is a sexual relationship between a married person and someone they are not married to. An adulterous person is someone who commits adultery.
- unlicensed — having no license.
- criminal — A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
- crooked — If you describe something as crooked, especially something that is usually straight, you mean that it is bent or twisted.
- dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- felonious — Law. pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony: felonious homicide; felonious intent.
- guilty — having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder.
- heavy — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- lawless — contrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence.
- racket — a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
- wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- black-market — to black-marketeer.
- out of line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
adjective illicit
adverb illicit
- off-limits — forbidden to be patronized, frequented, used, etc., by certain persons: The tavern is off-limits to soldiers.
- off limits — forbidden to be patronized, frequented, used, etc., by certain persons: The tavern is off-limits to soldiers.