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ill-gotten en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Obtained improperly or illegally.
    • The sultan's men got the message: he and his successors exiled out-of-favour amirs to Jerusalem where they were expected to spend their ill-gotten wealth on sumptuous complexes that contained palaces, madrassas and tombs. 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 335:

Deriveds

ill-gotten gains · ill-gotten goods never prosper · ill-gotten gains never profit · ill-gotten gains never prosper

Relateds

ill-begotten

Translations (4)

cmn 來路不正的 /来路不正的 (obtained improperly) · pl nieuczciwie nabyty (obtained improperly) · fr mal acquis (obtained improperly) · lad haram (obtained improperly)