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[ il-got-n ] / ˈɪlˈgɒt n /
adjectiveacquired by dishonest, improper, or evil means: ill-gotten gains. Origin of ill-gottenFirst recorded in 1545–55 Words nearby ill-gottenill feeling, ill-fitted, ill-fitting, ill-formed, ill-founded, ill-gotten, ill-gotten gains, ill humor, ill humour, Illía, illiberal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ill-gottenPerhaps Kim Jong-un, worth a rumored—and ill-gotten—$5 billion, will dig into his own pockets to make good on a 30-year promise. Nobody’s Home at the Hermit Kingdom’s Ghost Hotel|Nina Strochlic|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Prince Charles also announced a plan to ‘follow the money’ in an effort to strip wildlife poachers of their ill-gotten gains. Harry Leaps To William's Aid|Tom Sykes|February 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST He was depicted as the “fence”—or the person taxed with selling all the ill-gotten goods for cold, hard cash. The Real Bling Ring: Where Are They Now?|Tricia Romano|May 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST The SEC says it will seek financial penalties as well as “disgorgement of ill-gotten gain.” SEC Sues Six Former Freddie, Fannie Executives Over 'Ill-Gotten Gains'|Aram Roston|December 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
All your ill-gotten gains should be returned to those you stole from, regardless of whose names they are in. What I'd Like to Tell Bernie in Court|Burt Ross|March 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST But in another sense he had tricked Laban and was going away with ill-gotten gains. Living for the Best|James G. K. McClure Of the millionaire he demanded restitution of his ill-gotten wealth. The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition|Upton Sinclair Here is a red morocco bag in which I kept my ill-gotten gains in marbles. Revisiting the Earth|James Langdon Hill Ill-gotten wealth speedily disappears, and leaves only a curse behind. Mark Seaworth|William H.G. Kingston These old men may keep their ill-gotten wealth, for I cannot break the daughter's heart. How It All Came Round|L. T. Meade
British Dictionary definitions for ill-gotten
adjectiveobtained dishonestly or illegally (esp in the phrase ill-gotten gains) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |