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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful.
  2. adj. Linguistics Improperly formed; ungrammatical.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Not authorized or permitted; prohibited; unlicensed; unlawful: as, illicit trade; illicit intercourse.
  2. Acting unlawfully; clandestine.
  3. Synonyms Unlawful, Illegitimate, etc. See lawful.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. law Not approved by law, but not invalid.
  2. adj. Breaking social norms.
  3. adj. Unlawful.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. contrary to or forbidden by law
  2. adj. contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention

Etymologies

  1. From French illicite, from Latin illicitus, from in- 'not' + licet ("it is allowed") (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin illicitus : in-, not; see in-1 + licitus, lawful; see licit. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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