illicitly

/ɪlˈɪsɪtli/

/ˈɪɫɪsɪtɫi/

[adverb]

illicitly

[ADVERB]

in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom

synonyms : illegitimately

antonyms : legitimately

in a manner that clearly defies the law or rules of society

synonyms : illegally

lawlessly

antonyms : legitimately

Examples

1. So on this sale of oil and on the import of humanitarian goods in Iraq, profits were made illicitly through corruption and kickbacks, and funneled back into people like the ambassador of France to the UN.

2. Are these illicitly acquired drugs, prescription drugs?

3. And it did this by illicitly harvesting the profiles of 87 million people from Facebook.

4. But these were the drugs that US army enlistees were illicitly buying from the black market.