ill-gotten

Describes something, typically money or goods, that has been obtained through dishonest, illegal, or unethical means.

• 🇩🇪Beschreibt etwas, meist Geld oder Waren, das auf unehrliche, illegale oder unethische Weise erlangt wurde.

1. Obtained illegally or dishonestly C1 formal

   Acquired through unlawful, unethical, or improper means.

   • The authorities seized all his ill-gotten assets.
   • He lived a lavish lifestyle funded by ill-gotten gains.
   • The company was forced to return its ill-gotten profits.

   🇩🇪unrechtmäßig erworben

   Synonyme: crookeddishonestfraudulentillegalillegitimateillicitshadyunderhandedunlawful

   Antonyme: honestlawfullegallegitimateproper

• more ill-gotten comparative form
• most ill-gotten superlative form