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Illicit trade is the production or distribution of a good or service that is considered illegal by a legislature. [1] It includes trade that is strictly illegal in different jurisdictions, as well as trade that is illegal in some jurisdictions but legal in others.
Illicit may refer to: Illicit antiquities; Illicit cigarette trade; Illicit drug trade. Illicit drug use; Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act; Illicit financial flows; Illicit major; Illicit minor; Illicit trade; Illicit work; Illicit Streetwear clothing company; Illicit (Dance music group) Illicit, a film starring Barbara Stanwyck
Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega, following his arrest by U.S. authorities. Narco-state (also narco-capitalism or narco-economy) [a] is a political and economic term applied to countries where all legitimate institutions become penetrated by the power and wealth of the illegal drug trade. [2]
Illegally trafficked small arms and light weapons captured by the United States Fifth Fleet, May 2021. Arms trafficking or gunrunning is the illicit trade of contraband small arms, explosives, and ammunition, which constitutes part of a broad range of illegal activities often associated with transnational criminal organizations.
Given TOC's complex qualities, definitions may vary depending on the context. Generally, TOCs are organizations that engage in illicit criminal activities in more than one country with the intent of gaining influence or material benefit. [3] TOCs come in a variety of forms and constantly change in structure.
Some have explained the word mamzer as the masculine noun form derived from the root m-z-r, having a meaning of spoilt/corrupt. [2]According to Strong's Concordance: "from an unused root meaning 'to alienate'; a mongrel, i. e., born of a Jewish father and a heathen mother".
In the United States, Under federal law the term drug paraphernalia means “any equipment, product or material of any kind which is primarily intended or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, concealing, producing, processing, preparing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance.” [1]
The word may also be evidenced by the nickname "Spiv" given to Henry Bagster, a London small-time crook who was frequently arrested for illegal street trading and confidence tricks. National newspapers reported his court appearances between 1903 and 1906 and his nickname from 1904. [3] The Oxford English Dictionary states that it may come from: