Illicit work is an illegal employment. The working contract is made without social security costs and without paying income taxes, making the work unreported employment. Illicit work is part of the informal economy or so called "shadow economy".
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“An illicit love affair seems sweetly old-fashioned in the age of one night stands and orgies.”
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