"ill-gotten gains" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Perhaps extracted from ill-gotten gains never prosper.",
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          "ref": "2015 February 6, Paul Sullivan, “Finding the ‘Right’ Way to Dispose of Ill-Gotten Gains”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "How, exactly, does a lawyer come to legally give away ill-gotten gains on behalf of an international company that does not want to be named and surely does not want to face prosecution for what one division did?",
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        "Money or other property acquired dishonestly."
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          "dishonestly"
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        {
          "word": "filthy lucre"
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          "word": "dirty money"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "money acquired dishonestly — see also dirty money",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "argent sale"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anemomazómata",
          "sense": "money acquired dishonestly — see also dirty money",
          "word": "ανεμομαζώματα"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "money acquired dishonestly — see also dirty money",
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          "word": "guadagni disonesti"
        },
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "money acquired dishonestly — see also dirty money",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "dinero sucio"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "ill-gotten gains"
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  "etymology_text": "Perhaps extracted from ill-gotten gains never prosper.",
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      "sense": "money acquired dishonestly — see also dirty money",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "argent sale"
    },
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anemomazómata",
      "sense": "money acquired dishonestly — see also dirty money",
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      "sense": "money acquired dishonestly — see also dirty money",
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