illicit
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"Illicit valves placed on pipelines quickly become dislodged. The crude that pours into rivers and creeks can pollute aqueducts servicing entire towns," Ebus told Reuters.
From Reuters • Dec. 23, 2022
To help farmworkers transition away from coca, Colombia launched the National Comprehensive Program for the Substitution of Illicit Crops shortly after the peace agreement.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2020
The writer is the author of “Legalizing Prostitution: From Illicit Vice to Lawful Business.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2019
Illicit work is still work, and the show’s pilot evokes graveyard shift at a factory, with bleary-eyed wage slaves shuffling out into the dawn.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2017
The violation of Rule 4 is known as the Fallacy of Illicit Process.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
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