Word: illicit
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Yard police, hearing rumors of illicit proceedings, rushed to the Business School, but only to find that Patricia Archambault and Rita Hamlin, a couple of Thespians from Emerson, had uprooted and pilfered an ivy vine, to be used at the dedication of Emerson's new theatre on Saturday night...
Recently British authorities in Hong Kong smelled out and raided an illicit wireless station which had been sending messages in code over a magnificently complete, exceedingly expensive transmitter. Six young men were arrested, arraigned, fined $16,000. Court records did not list the name of Prince David; but last week British authorities admitted unofficially that David Kung had been politely but firmly asked to leave Hong Kong just after the raid. He went briefly to Manila, then disappeared. Confucius really did say: "While one's parents are alive, one should not travel to a distance; if one must travel...