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What is the difference between illicit and illegal ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between illicit and illegal ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Illegal is legally wrong; illicit is usually morally wrong (eg. illicit sex).
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As terms of law they both mean the same thing, but illicit also has a moral connotation.
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