illicitly

🇺🇸 /ɪˈlɪsɪtli/ 🇬🇧 /ɪˈlɪsɪtli/
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adverb
R

Doing something that is against the law.

The authorities were investigating the illicitly obtained funds.

R

Doing something that is not allowed by social rules.

They were meeting illicitly during the curfew hours.

translation

adv. Doing something that is against the law.; Doing something that is not allowed by social rules.