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In natural English speech, "illicit" appears in contexts such as: "yeah I lived in I was I was uh when as was a kid we lived in Poland it was Communist country and my father would go illicit just stuff you know um New Yorkers are great um in this era of". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/ɪˈlɪsɪt/

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yeah I lived in I was I was uh when as was a kid we lived in Poland it was Communist country and my father would go

illicit just stuff you know um New Yorkers are great um in this era of

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Definitions of “illicit”

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adjective

Not approved by law, but not invalid.

“The bigamous marriage, while illicit, was not invalid.”

Synonyms:disallowed nonlicet prohibited banned

adjective

Breaking social norms.

“I only can properly enjoy carol services if I am having an illicit affair with someone in the congregation.”

Synonyms:deviant improper scandalous

noun

A banned or unlawful item.

“A large number of studies, however, have reported that it is rare for the user of 'hard' drugs not to have initiated cannabis use prior to the other illicits.”

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