Usually means: Acquired through dishonest or illegal means.
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  1. ill-gotten: Merriam-Webster
  2. ill-gotten: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ill-gotten: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ill-gotten, ill-gotten: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ill-gotten: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ill-gotten, ill-gotten: Wordnik
  7. ill-gotten: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ill-gotten: Wiktionary
  9. ill-gotten: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. ill-gotten: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. ill-gotten: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. ill-gotten: Dictionary.com
  13. ill-gotten: Rhymezone
  14. ill-gotten: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. ill-gotten: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ill-gotten: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. ill-gotten: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ill-gotten: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ill-gotten)

▸ adjective:  Obtained improperly or illegally.

Similar:
illegal, dirty, misgotten, illegit, bootleg, black, wrongful, black-market, pirate, misbegotten, more...

Opposite:
legitimate, lawful, legal, rightful, valid

Phrases:
ill-gotten gains, more...

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Similar:
illegal, dirty, misgotten, illegit, bootleg, black, wrongful, black-market, pirate, misbegotten, more...

Opposite:
legitimate, lawful, legal, rightful, valid

Phrases:
ill-gotten gains, more...



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