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- meaning - What is the difference between illicit and illegal . . .
Illicit < Lat , licere, to permit Illegal < Lat , lex, a statutory law (as opposed to natural law, or what have you) As noted above, illicit is a broader term that often includes a moral or ethical connotation, whereas illegal does not It might be illegal to open the coolant reservoir on your air conditioner, but nobody thinks it is immoral
- meaning - What is the difference between illegal and unlawful . . .
unlawful, illegal, illegitimate, illicit are comparable when they mean contrary to, prohibited by, or not in accordance with law or the law Otherwise than this negation in character, the words in general carry the same differences in implications and connotations as the affirmative adjectives discriminated at LAWFUL
- meaning - Is there a connection between the words illicit and elicit . . .
Illicit 'Illicit', like 'elicit' has Latin origins The original Latin derivative is 'illicitus' meaning il- (not) -licitus (allowed) or simply 'not allowed' (and its a second declension adjective if you'd like to know)
- Solicit vs. elicit - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
And I would say the intended meaning is so clear it's pointless to suggest the actual choice of verb could have any semantic significance there (most people would just use get or ask for anyway) That OED definition implies that when you elicit information from a person , you're treating him insensitively, inhumanely
- What do you call money earned through unethical sources?
Regarding "laundering" of dirty money, it is the passing of money gained through illicit means through banks, services, and asset purchases to confuse attempts to trace a particular bit of cash or an asset back to the original crime Laundered money is still technically an illicit gain, but after enough scrubbing, might not be legally seizable
- meaning - What does Paramour in waiting mean? - English Language . . .
Paramour used to mean simply lover or wooer, but has tended to become associated with an illicit lover (perhaps because a relationship by marriage was often for social or economic position, whereas a relationship outside of marriage would be for love, par amour)
- etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The meaning of "female master" came first The second meaning of "illicit lover" seems to follow quite naturally to me I don't have any documentary historical evidence to back this up, just my intuition, but it seems quite natural that people would think of an illicit lover as dominating (domina + ing) her boyfriend through her seductive powers
- What is the male equivalent of mistress in formal English?
This usage has come to overshadow the literal meaning of the word, so that today if you use the word "mistress" in the old sense people will almost inevitably think of the sexual connotation Like, today if you say, "Fred is the master of the soccer team", people would understand you to mean that he is a coach or star player or whatever who
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