How To Use ill-gotten In A Sentence
- ill-gotten gains
- There is to be a new law enabling the authorities to impound property that it suspects, but cannot prove, is the ill-gotten gains of crime.
- The stigma arising from their illegality and the fear of persecution prevented (and still prevents) the collectors from publishing their "ill-gotten" information.
- Together we melted into the nearby maize field to devour our ill-gotten contraband.
- She is after all the scion of mighty kings, no matter how ill-gotten she may be.
- An accomplished Machiavellian, he used his ill-gotten wealth and his powers of patronage to outfox potential opponents and to keep wavering officials in line.
- For there are many such people who would never dream of obtaining money and wealth either at the expense of others, or by ill-gotten gains.
- The thieves were found in possession of their ill-gotten booty - a 2 baht-weight gold necklace.
- Ill-gotten, ill spent.
- His ill-gotten millions are all safely stashed away in a Swiss bank.
