How to Use illicit in a Sentence

illicit

adjective

• She had an illicit affair with her boss.
• He was arrested for selling illicit copies of the software.
• Take the time to speak to your kids about the dangers of illicit substances, how to avoid and manage peer pressure, and what to look for.
  — Nickolaus Hayes, New York Daily News, 16 June 2024
• Further, a loss of access could drive some to seek illicit sources of the drugs, which could turn deadly.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 14 June 2024
• There was a crackle of illicit energy from the big man.
  — Kevin Barry, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
• Xi agreed to help curb the production of the illicit fentanyl that is a deadly component of drugs sold in the United States.
  — Chris Megerian, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
• Used syringes contain residue or small amounts of illicit drugs and having one of those could lead to a drug posession charge.
  — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
• Law enforcement, meanwhile, has been unable to keep up with the spread of illicit sales and growing.
  — Michael R. Blood, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024
• In most of the trials, the charges were significantly reduced or outright dropped when the illicit use of snitches in the case came to light.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• That year, the ship made three illicit coal runs to North Korea, according to researchers.
  — Dera Menra Sijabat, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
• The bliss of first bites, illicit cherries jubilee, Miyazaki’s gluttons ... and the crookie?
  — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• The Sinaloa cartel has been not only one of the main purveyors of fentanyl to the U.S. market but a key supplier of illicit drugs around the world.
  — Eduardo Porter, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
• Late in the season, Cruz tumbles into an illicit affair with someone at the heart of her mission.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• The Justice Department will have final say over whether to pursue the death penalty for Dominguez-Nieves, who was not on the boat during the illicit trip.
  — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024
• Anyway, the tryst becomes illicit, which is the point for Candy. Candy decides to take a shower.
  — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2023
• Many captains now carry illicit firecrackers on board to throw at the whales.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 29 May 2024
• But that decision took time to evolve and not from a desire to strike an illicit deal to cheat the system, Huffman insisted.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2023
• That’s a joy that pervades the book, despite a subplot involving an illicit romance that ends in tragedy.
  — Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024
• Huge amounts of illicit materials, yards and yards of this wretched stuff.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2023
• The 321-foot vessel was where many of the illicit discussions took place, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 July 2023
• Even knowing the risks, millions of Americans still opt to stream or download via illicit means.
  — Gavin Bridge, Variety, 21 Feb. 2023
• In Boston, problems continue to plague the Mass. and Cass area, which has become an open-air illicit drug market.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
• In states like New York, the gap between what’s legal and what’s enforced has allowed illicit stores to pop up among the legitimate ones.
  — Jane C. Hu, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
• The store passed off tablets made of illicit fentanyl as the legitimate painkillers Jonathan needed to treat his severe migraines.
  — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• One of them is an illicit swim, and another is avoiding paved roads as much as possible.
  — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2024
• Ketamine has long been used as a party drug, and a recent study showed the supply of illicit ketamine is increasing in the United States.
  — Jason Kravarik, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
• In its home market, the lender is concerned about South Africa being added to the global illicit-finance watch-list, which would increase the cost of capital.
  — Loni Prinsloo, Bloomberg.com, 31 Oct. 2022
• Nicky turned to illicit painkillers to deal with the torment of her endometriosis and overdosed after taking pills laced with fentanyl.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
• Trends in recreational or illicit drug use often make the jump to Halloween warnings.
  — Joel Best, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
• The footage shows first responders discussed whether Earl had taken illicit drugs because the sedatives were not working.
  — Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024