illicit

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• /ɪˈlɪsɪt/
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• rhymes with -ɪsɪt
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• homophone: elicit
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Borrowed from French illicite, from Latin illicitus, from in- (“not”) + licitus (“allowed, permitted”), from licet (“it is allowed”). By surface analysis, il- + licit.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: забранен (zabranen) — lacking licitness
• Catalan: il·lícit — lacking licitness
• Czech: nezákonný — lacking licitness
• Czech: nedovolený — lacking licitness
• Czech: zakázaný — lacking licitness
• Finnish: luvaton — lacking licitness
• French: illicite — lacking licitness
• Greek: παράνομος (paránomos) — lacking licitness
• Greek: έκνομος (éknomos) — lacking licitness
• Hindi: अवैध (avaidh) — lacking licitness
• Latin: illicitus — lacking licitness
• Polish: niedozwolony — lacking licitness
• Portuguese: ilícito — lacking licitness
• Russian: недозволенный (nedozvolennyj) — lacking licitness
• Spanish: ilícito — lacking licitness
• Czech: nepřijatelný — breaking social norms
• Finnish: luvaton — breaking social norms
• Finnish: laiton — breaking social norms
• French: illicite — breaking social norms
• German: unerlaubt — breaking social norms
• German: verboten — breaking social norms
• German: unzulässig — breaking social norms
• Greek: αθέμιτος (athémitos) — breaking social norms
• Latin: illicitus — breaking social norms
• Portuguese: ilícito — breaking social norms
• Russian: неположенный (nepoložennyj) — breaking social norms
• Bulgarian: незаконен (nezakonen) — unlawful
• Catalan: il·lícit — unlawful
• Chinese Mandarin: 非法的 (fēifǎ de) — unlawful
• Chinese Mandarin: 不合法的 (bùhéfǎ de) — unlawful
• Czech: nezákonný — unlawful
• Czech: zakázaný — unlawful
• Czech: neoprávněný — unlawful
• Dutch: onwettig — unlawful
• Finnish: laiton — unlawful
• French: illicite — unlawful
• German: rechtswidrig — unlawful
• Greek: παράνομος (paránomos) — unlawful
• Greek: έκνομος (éknomos) — unlawful
• Hindi: अवैध (avaidh) — unlawful
• Kazakh: заңсыз (zañsyz) — unlawful
• Latin: illicitus — unlawful
• Portuguese: ilícito — unlawful
• Russian: незако́нный (nezakónnyj) — unlawful
• Spanish: ilícito — unlawful