dirty money en · NOUN
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(idiomatic, uncountable) Money that is illegally gained, illegally transferred or illegally utilized, especially money gained through forgery, bribery, prostitution, money laundering, or theft.
Taken together, the articles exposed a dark truth: “Dirty money” — terrorist financing, drug cartel funds, fortunes embezzled from developing nations, the profits from organized crime — flows so freely through the world’s most powerful financial institutions that it has become inextricable from the so-called legitimate economy.
2021 June 10, Mark Schoofs, “She Exposed the Truth About ‘Dirty Money’: It’s Everywhere”, in The New York Times:Corruption is a force multiplier for the West's enemies, and yet the West continues to accept dirty money into its economies by the billion.
2018, Oliver Bullough, chapter 1, in Moneyland, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 15:
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(informal, uncountable) Extra money paid to workers as compensation for dirty or dangerous work.
The days should be long gone when workers are paid dirty money to do a risky job […]
1997, Janus, page 24:[…] much of the set was smeared with oil and grease. This did, however, lead to a very unpleasant working environment. 'Everyone working on the film was paid “dirty” money,' recalls Maurice. 'I got seven and six a week “dirty money”, which was wonderful for a fifteen-year-old.'
2015, Robert Sellers, The Secret Life of Ealing Studios:
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Relateds
danger money · money does not smell · funny money · dirt cheap · money laundering
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Translations (34)
ko 부정한 돈 (money illegally gained) · pt dinheiro sujo (money illegally gained) · tr kara para (money illegally gained) · uk брудні́ гро́ші (money illegally gained) · pt dinheiro preto (money illegally gained) · be бру́дныя гро́шы (money illegally gained) · pl brudne pieniądze (money illegally gained) · ro bani negri (money illegally gained) · cs špinavé peníze (money illegally gained) · es dinero en B (money illegally gained) · gl diñeiro negro (money illegally gained) · ja 悪金 (money illegally gained) · fr argent sale (money illegally gained) · de schmutziges Geld (money illegally gained) · af swart geld (money illegally gained) · ko 더러운 돈 (money illegally gained) · ro bani murdari (money illegally gained) · az haram pul (money illegally gained) · da sorte penge (money illegally gained) · ja 悪銭 (money illegally gained) · ca diner negre (money illegally gained) · tr anafor (money illegally gained) · es dinero B (money illegally gained) · ko 악전 (money illegally gained) · cmn 黑錢 /黑钱 (money illegally gained) · ja 汚れたお金 (money illegally gained) · es dinero negro (money illegally gained) · es dinero sucio (money illegally gained) · fi likainen raha (money illegally gained) · ru гря́зные де́ньги (money illegally gained) · sk špinavé peniaze (money illegally gained) · nl zwart geld (money illegally gained) · de Schwarzgeld (money illegally gained) · bg мръ́сни пари́ (money illegally gained)