Word: illicited
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...While some extreme traditionalists in Europe might welcome such a move, its appeal in the U.S. is doubtful. A number of priests in the U.S. still defiantly say the forbidden Tridentine Mass, but their bishops generally ignore them, content to remind Catholics that the Mass is illicit. Some of these priestly recalcitrants might conceivably join a Lefebvre schism; at least one was at the Lille Mass. But the conservative Catholic press in the U.S. has warned readers that Lefebvre's actions are wrong, and loyally backed Pope Paul...
...were not charged with bribery but with violation of Japan's foreign exchange-control law, a relatively minor offense carrying a prison sentence of up to three years and fines of up to $1,000. But the case will revolve around allegations that Tanaka received $1.7 million in illicit Lockheed money on four occasions in 1973-74 from Hiro Hiyama, then head of the Marubeni Corp., which was Lockheed's sales agent in Japan...
...bikini top belonging to a female mannequin who had her back discreetly turned. Another window showed a man dressed only in brief shorts at a sink and a woman in panties and bra. The implication was that they had just climbed out of bed and were packing for an illicit trip together. A current window at New York's Henri Bendel even hints at lesbianism. It shows a woman in a revealing nightgown in a passive, almost embarrassed stance; another woman in a longer gown leans over her shoulder in an aggressive posture...
...signs of an outbreak of traditional hostility between Serbs, Croats and other Yugoslav nationalities. In a series of new laws that are expected to go into effect this month, he has sharply restricted religious activity, especially that of the Roman Catholic Church, on the ground that it is backing illicit "nationalism." Thousands of government officials have been purged as suspected troublemakers. In an attempt to ensure an orderly succession, Tito has decreed that his powers will be passed on to a collective leadership consisting of an eight-member presidency which presumably will be headed by Party Theoretician Edvard Kardelj...
...Soviet Party." Western specialists believe that Soviet agents are already involved in what is euphemistically called "destabilization operations" in Yugoslavia. That may explain why 32 so-called Cominformists* were arrested in Yugoslavia in 1974 for having circulated anti-Tito leaflets, holding pro-Soviet Communist meetings and even an illicit Party congress. Thirty-six more were tried...