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What (who) is illicit interception - definition

RETRIEVAL OF MAIL INTENDED FOR SOMEONE ELSE, FOR ESPIONAGE PURPOSES
Mail interception

illicit         
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Illicit (disambiguation)
An illicit activity or substance is not allowed by law or the social customs of a country.
Dante clearly condemns illicit love.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
illicit         
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Illicit (disambiguation)
a.
1.
Unlawful, illegal, illegitimate, unauthorized, unlegalized, unlicensed.
2.
Improper, forbidden, wrong, guilty, criminal.
illicit         
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Illicit (disambiguation)
¦ adjective forbidden by law, rules, or custom.
Derivatives
illicitly adverb
illicitness noun
Origin
C16: from Fr., or from L. illicitus, from in- 'not' + licitus (see licit).
Usage
On the distinctions between illicit, illegal, and unlawful, see usage at illegal.

Wikipedia

Postal interception

Postal interception is the act of retrieving another person's mail for the purpose of either ensuring that the mail is not delivered to the recipient, or to spy on them.

For instance, the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were involved in numerous large-scale operations targeting US activist groups, whose mail was opened and photographed. In one such programme, over 215,000 letters were opened. In the United Kingdom, the Special Investigations Unit of the General Post Office was responsible for postal interception.

Since 2002, the United States Postal Service photographs the outside of all mail, retains those images for weeks or months, and provides them to police or other investigators upon a simple request.