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Dictionary entry overview: What does illicit mean?
• ILLICIT (adjective)
The adjective ILLICIT has 2 senses:
1. contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention
2. contrary to or forbidden by law
Familiarity information: ILLICIT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention
Context example:
an illicit association with his secretary
Similar:
adulterous; extracurricular; extramarital (characterized by adultery)
unlawful (not morally right or permissible)
Antonym:
licit (sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Contrary to or forbidden by law
Synonyms:
illegitimate; illicit; outlaw; outlawed; unlawful
Context example:
unlawful measures
Similar:
illegal (prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules)
Derivation:
illicitness (the quality of not conforming strictly to law)
Context examples
This includes prescription medication, illicit drugs and recreational substances.
(Drug Use History, NCI Thesaurus)
NOTE(S): BRIDG does not yet have a business requirement to include illicit use of drugs or abuse of drugs as concomitant agents.
(Concomitant Agent, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
In addition to the illicit use of cannabinoids as drugs of abuse, the pharmaceutical use of natural and synthetic cannabinoids is being intensely studied, including a possible role in neurodegenerative diseases.
(Anandamide Metabolism Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
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