What does ill-gotten mean?

ill-gotten

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.28 in modern English

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"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."

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

ill-begotten

dirty

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