Vocabulary
Illicit
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
forbidden by law, rules, or custom.
Urdu meaning
غیر قانونی، ناجائز،ممنوع
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Climate-related damage has exposed fragile sites, while poverty pushes local communities towards illicit excavation.
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Preserving antiquities
— 2026-04-20
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A 19-year-old girl, accused of having `illicit relations`, was shot dead in the presence of the police and villagers in Khairpur.
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Savage `honour`
— 2026-04-18
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But such measures tend to overlook global financial structures (centred largely in the North) that enable illicit financial flows, tax avoidance and capital flight.
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Selective morality
— 2026-02-19
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True, to exit the FATF grey list, some concerted efforts did yield positive results through successfully investigating and prosecuting cases of terror financing and illicit financial flows.
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Governing beyond diagnosis
— 2026-02-07
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Organised crime, illicit finance and elite capture hollow out democracies from within.
Dawn Editorials —
Hoping against hope
— 2025-12-31
Synonyms
illegal, unlawful, forbidden, illegitimate, against the law; proscribed, outlawed, banned
Antonyms
licit, legal, above board
Curator example
“illicit drugs”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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