illicit business
Example Sentences
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Taco’s foodie-influenced approach, reporter Lexis-Olivier Ray wrote a companion piece about all the restaurants where prosecutors say Huizar met with developers while conducting illicit business.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic that has crippled big-box retailers and mom and pop shops worldwide may be making a dent in illicit business, too.
From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2020
Despite an official ban on trade between Ukraine and the separatist areas, long convoys of cars and trucks loaded with alcohol, cigarettes and coal carry on illicit business, angering and bewildering Ukrainian soldiers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 15, 2018
“It’s the globalized illicit business of the 21st century,” says Stryszowski, who laments it’s not taken as seriously as other contraband, such as cocaine.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2017
There’s justice and decency in Lara’s actions, but the idea that Escobar doesn’t belong in Congress isn’t wholly related to his illicit business ventures.
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2015
