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PRONUNCIATION OF ILL-GOTTEN GAINS

ill-gotten gains  [ˌɪlˈɡɒtən ɡeɪnz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ILL-GOTTEN GAINS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ill-Gotten gains is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ILL-GOTTEN GAINS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ill-gotten gains in the English dictionary

The definition of ill-gotten gains in the dictionary is money or things acquired through dishonesty or deceit.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ILL-GOTTEN GAINS


afterpains
ˈɑːftəˌpeɪnz
brains
breɪnz
cremains
krɪˈmeɪnz
fains
feɪnz
gains
ɡeɪnz
Jane´s
dʒeɪnz
Keynes
keɪnz
mains
meɪnz
pains
peɪnz
plains
pleɪnz
plainstanes
ˈpleɪnˌsteɪnz
rains
reɪnz
reins
reɪnz
remains
rɪˈmeɪnz
Staines
steɪnz
strains
ˈstreɪnz
wholegrains
ˈhəʊlɡreɪnz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ILL-GOTTEN GAINS

ill-fated
ill-favored
ill-favoredly
ill-favoured
ill-favouredly
ill-feeling
ill-fitting
ill-formed
ill-founded
ill-gotten
ill-humoured
ill-humouredly
ill-informed
ill-judged
ill-mannered
ill-manneredly
ill-natured
ill-naturedly
ill-naturedness
ill-nourished

WORDS THAT END LIKE ILL-GOTTEN GAINS

Adirondack Mountains
Aix-les-Bains
blackout curtains
Blue Mountains
Carpathian Mountains
Catskill Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
curtains
Great Plains
growing pains
monsoon rains
Olympic Mountains
period pains
Rocky Mountains
Romains
Smoky Mountains
Tatra Mountains
the rains
Ural Mountains
White Mountains

Synonyms and antonyms of ill-gotten gains in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ill-gotten gains» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ILL-GOTTEN GAINS

Find out the translation of ill-gotten gains to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ill-gotten gains from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ill-gotten gains» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不义之财
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ganancias mal habidas
570 millions of speakers

English

ill-gotten gains
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेईमानी से मिला लाभ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المكاسب غير المشروعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

добытых нечестным путем
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ganhos ilícitos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসম্পূর্ণ লাভ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

les biens mal acquis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keuntungan yang diperolehi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unrechtmäßig erworbenen Gewinne
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不正利得
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부당 이득
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gerah gain
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lợi bất chính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவறான ஆதாயங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खराब मिळकत नफ्यावर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kazara kazanımlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maltolto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieuczciwie zyski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

видобутих нечесним шляхом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

câștigurile necinstite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παράνομα κέρδη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onregmatig winste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ill- gotten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dårlig fått gevinster
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ill-gotten gains

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ILL-GOTTEN GAINS»

The term «ill-gotten gains» is regularly used and occupies the 67.993 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ILL-GOTTEN GAINS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ill-gotten gains» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ill-gotten gains» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ill-gotten gains

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ILL-GOTTEN GAINS»

Discover the use of ill-gotten gains in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ill-gotten gains and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ill-Gotten Gains: Evasion, Blackmail, Fraud, and Kindred ...
With its startling conclusions and myriad twists, this book will fascinate all those intrigued by the perplexing relationship between morality and law.
Leo Katz, 1996
2
Ill-gotten Gains
In 1935, the Great Depression had driven Lester Webb into total poverty.
Claude Eubanks, 2005
3
Ill-Gotten Gains: A Nell Forrest Mystery
About. III-Gotten. Gains: A. Nell. Forrest. Mystery. There are secrets in the sleepy town of Majic, where the past trips over the present and then looks the other way. The country town of Majic is about to celebrate a milestone. It's been 150 years ...
Ilsa Evans, 2013
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The Securities Enforcement Manual: Tactics and Strategies
15, 2005), (complaint requested that former executive officer and chief financial officer, among other executives of Qwest Communications International Inc. disgorge "all ill-gotten gains in the form of any benefits of any kind derived from the ...
Richard M. Phillips, 2007
5
Policyholder's Guide to the Law of Insurance Coverage
5.05 DISGORGEMENT OF "ILL-GOTTEN" GAINS Citing several recent cases, insurers increasingly argue that sums payable by an insured to third parties, which are in the nature of civil restitution or disgorgement of "ill-gotten" gains, are or ...
Peter J. Kalis, Thomas M. Reiter, James R. Segerdahl, 1997
6
Money Laundering: A Guide for Criminal Investigators, Second ...
Unfortunately for the criminals seeking to hide ill-gotten gains, this financial or business system of conducting transactions was not set up for concealing things; quite the opposite, in fact. In some cases, the system will accommodate the ...
John Madinger, 2006
7
Business Torts Litigation
The court was content to allow plaintiff to resort to the equitable remedy of disgorging the ill- gotten gains obtained by the defendant. Some courts have held that the awarding of profits is limited to a defendant who has acted intentionally; and ...
Ann E. Georgehead, David A. Soley, Robert Y. Gwin, 2005
8
Tax Savvy for Small Business
Ill-gotten gains? Fringe benefits? Inheritances? To learn exactly what you must include in your sales and income figures, see “What Is—And Isn't—Income,” below. now let's quickly move to the heart of this chapter: learning what expenses you ...
Frederick W. Daily, 2008
9
The Conservation fof Foreign Exchange and Prevention of ...
Persons engaged in such malpractices had been augmenting their ill-gotten gains by violations of laws relating to income-tax, wealth- tax or other laws. In many cases, such persons had been holding properties acquired through ill- gotten ...
10
Law of Restitution in England and Ireland
44 Eg, would the British Government in Reading v AG [1951] AC 507, by claiming Sgt Reading's ill-gotten gains, be regarded as having adopted the sergeant's actions so as themselves to face an action by the Egyptian Government?
Andrew Tettenborn, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ILL-GOTTEN GAINS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ill-gotten gains is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Brookes: Terror state will likely ramp up Mideast mischief | Boston …
Of course, some embrace the cheerfully optimistic view — there are other words for it — that Iran will spend its ill-gotten gains on social and ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
2
'GTA Online' DLC: New single player expansion pack on the way …
The Ill-Gotten Gains DLC has now been released and has provided "GTA Online" players with all the expensive cars, gear and just about every ... «ChristianToday, Jul 15»
3
Monthly China Anti-Bribery Update Report — June 2015 | The …
In addition, Chen was deprived of his political rights for life, and all of his personal properties and ill-gotten gains were confiscated. Chen was ... «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
4
San Diego man's Ponzi scheme busted by SEC | LeapRate
The SEC seeks a permanent injunction, return of allegedly ill-gotten gains plus prejudgment interest and a penalty. The SEC's investigation ... «LeapRate, Jul 15»
5
End long-term capital gains tax breaks: BSE - Livemint
... system to artificially increase volume and price of the scrip for making illegal gains and to convert ill-gotten gains into genuine ones,” says the ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
6
GTA 5 DLC update: 12 new Lowrider aka Lowlife DLC cars leaked
GTA 5 Online DLC: Best Ill-Gotten Gains supercar - Progen T20 vs ... GTA 5 Online: Ill-Gotten Gains DLC (Part 2) released with new exotic cars, ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
7
UN pours cold water on claims 17th-century pirate William Kidd's …
Mr Clifford garnered world headlines when he unveiled the "silver ingot" – supposedly part of Kidd's ill-gotten gains – at an event attended by ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
The IRS's Ill-Gotten Gains - WSJ
The hits keep coming from the IRS, and a pair of new horror stories show why Americans dread any interaction with the vindictive tax man. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
9
Tunisia bill would pardon ill-gotten gains if paid back
If they pay back their ill-gotten gains, along with five percent interest for each year since the money was obtained, they would also be ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
10
'GTA V' Money Glitch Car Duplication Still Working In PlayStation 4 …
Grand Theft Auto V(GTA V) rolled out the new Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2 DLC for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and other platforms last week, but ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»

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