Word: ill-gotten
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...Executives who are responsible for defrauding the public must be prosecuted. Their ill-gotten gains should be confiscated and the worst offenders sentenced to prison,” Reich told the audience...
...rare. The monks want the law toughened. In the meantime, the only sanction they can truly rely on is shame. It does work for some. While the abbot drones an incantation, two monks strip Charoen of his robes. Given some cheap gray civvies and a bit of his ill-gotten cash and food, he's cast out from the order. As he walks away from the temple, head hanging and dejected, Charoen mumbles, "That's it for this racket...
...Suzanne and Randy allegedly did, for, if true, their actions are indefensible. They’ll have their day in court and if it results in a jail sentence, I won’t feel especially bad for them. That’s the price you pay for an ill-gotten hundred grand. I’m merely saying that I don’t feel a personal need or even a public obligation to make myself a part of their punishment...
...struggle for the kid's soul largely takes place in Alonzo's "office," a 1978 Monte Carlo low-rider, where he offers beer and pot and the promise of promotion, fame and ill-gotten gains. These alternate with threats of death and dishonor if Jake refuses to go along...
...whispered total of up to $25 million in ransom money. Bad enough that it happened again: even more frightening, it was clear from day one of the most recent crisis that the resolution would be swifter and a lot more brutal. Over the past year, the rebels spent their ill-gotten riches on firepower: M-16s, Uzis, mortars, cannons, jeeps and the 50-seat speedboat which, with three monstrous 750- horsepower outboards, could outrun anything in the Philippine navy. The faction of Abu Sayyaf (literally "Bearer of the Sword") responsible for the raid has an unparalleled reputation for ruthlessness: when...