ill-gotten

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ill-gotten

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not comparable Obtained improperly or illegally. 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.

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adj obtained improperly

中文	來路不正的 /来路不正的 láilùbùzhèng de
Français	mal acquis

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@misc{ill_gotten_2026,
  title = {ill-gotten},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ill-gotten},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}