English-Spanish translations for illicit

• ilícito
  Esta escasez de órganos puede promover el comercio ilícito. This shortage of organs can encourage illicit trade.
  Como cuestión de hecho, es el tercer comercio ilícito más lucrativo del mundo. As a matter of fact, it is the third most lucrative illicit trade in the world.
  El cultivo lícito se sumaría al cultivo ilícito, no lo sustituiría. Licit cultivation would add to illicit cultivation, not replace it.

Definition of illicit

• Not approved by law, but not invalid
• Breaking social norms
• Unlawful
• A banned or unlawful item

Examples

• The bigamous marriage, while illicit, was not invalid.

Related words

• illicitly
• illicit forbidden
• illicit work