Customs officers seized a shipment of illicit goods hidden inside crates labeled as agricultural equipment.
海关官员查获了一批隐藏在标为农业设备的板条箱中的违禁货物。
Which choice best defines “illicit”?
B — Forbidden by law or custom.. “illicit” means Forbidden by law or custom..
Which word means “Forbidden by law or custom.”?
D — illicit. “illicit” means Forbidden by law or custom..
illicit — Forbidden by law or custom.. In Chinese: 非法的；违禁的.
illicit is pronounced //ɪˈlɪsɪt//.
Customs officers seized a shipment of illicit goods hidden inside crates labeled as agricultural equipment. (海关官员查获了一批隐藏在标为农业设备的板条箱中的违禁货物。)
illegal, unlawful, prohibited — all close in meaning to illicit (Forbidden by law or custom.).
legal, lawful — each the opposite of illicit (Forbidden by law or custom.).
Yes. illicit is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
il(不) + licit(合法) → 不合法。