Word: illicitly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...electronics giant, because it illegally sold the Soviets high-tech equipment used to make submarine propellers. A congressional committee working on a huge trade bill reportedly agreed to ban for three years the importation of machine tools and other products made by Toshiba Machine, the subsidiary that made the illicit sale. Though Toshiba's familiar consumer products would still be available, the provision would bar U.S. Government agencies from buying any Toshiba product for as long as three years. Still, the White House might veto a trade bill containing such sanctions...
...luggage, a Customs official discovers the small cache. In the past the official might have levied a perfunctory fine. In accordance with a new get-tough policy that took effect last week, however, U.S. Customs officers will now arrest, book and fingerprint every person entering the country with illicit drugs, no matter how small the amount...
...addition, Poindexter and North were accused of trying to cover up their illicit actions by destroying and removing documents and making false statements. North was charged with lying to Attorney General Edwin Meese about NSC involvement in the diversion of funds to the contras and writing misleading letters to Congress denying that the NSC was supporting the contras. Former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane pleaded guilty two weeks ago to misdemeanor charges for signing the letters; he may testify against North. Poindexter was accused of a peculiarly high-tech cover-up: he purged his NSC computer files of all messages...
Delvalle said in a nationally broadcast message that he asked Noriega days ago to step down voluntarily so an investigation could begin of charges that he engaged in illicit activities. He said Noriega refused...
Panama has been rocked by protests since last June, when Noriega's recently retired second in command publicly charged the general with illicit activities ranging from drug trafficking to electoral fraud and the assassination of a political opponent...