ill-gotten
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ill-gotten (not comparable)
- Obtained improperly or illegally.
- 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 335:
- 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.
Derived terms
[edit]- ill-gotten gains
- ill-gotten gains never prosper, ill-gotten gains never profit, ill-gotten goods never prosper
Translations
[edit]obtained improperly
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