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Definition of Ill-gotten
1. Adjective. Obtained illegally or by improper means. "Ill-gotten gains"
Definition of Ill-gotten
1. Adjective. Obtained improperly or illegally. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ill-gotten
Literary usage of Ill-gotten
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Unable to settle the doubts in his own conscience as to whether he should marry
the girl and so come into the possession of the ill-gotten money, ..."
2. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"Charity itself cannot wish that men with such ill- gotten goods, acquired at the
expense and ruin of a once happy and flourishing country, should ever be ..."
3. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"May alms be given out of ill-gotten goods ? R. There are three sorts of ...
There is a third sort of ill-gotten gains, where the getting itself is not ..."
4. The Principles of Sociology by Edward Alsworth Ross (1920)
"Let it be borne in mind, too, that the present holders of ill-gotten fortunes
may be very decent and philanthropic persons, so that to the public it will ..."
5. Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War by Judith White Brockenbrough] [McGuire (1868)
"I should think that a man who had made a fortune during the war would, when the
war is over, wish to hide it, and not own his ill-gotten gains. ..."
6. The Antiquary by Walter Scott (1878)
"Here it is; that, and the ring of Miss Neville, are a' I hae preserved of my
ill-gotten gear—for muckle was the gear I got. And weel hae I keepit the secret ..."
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