illecitamente

illicitly

adverb eel-leh-chee-tah-MEN-teh Rare

Also means

unlawfully

Usage Note

Illecitamente means in an unlawful or illicit manner, and is standard in legal prose: beni acquisiti illecitamente (assets acquired unlawfully). The base adjective is illecito (illicit), which is also used as a noun — un illecito civile (a civil wrong) or un illecito penale (a criminal offence). Compare illegalmente (illegally), which refers more strictly to violation of statute.

Examples

"Il documento era stato ottenuto illecitamente."

Natural Translation

The document had been obtained illicitly.

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