ill-gotten

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Felipe Calderon - with the ill-gotten title of "president" of Mexico - will meet with US president elect Obama on Monday in Washington DC.

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  1. adjective Obtained in an evil manner or by dishonest means: ill-gotten gains.

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  • While some scammers spend ill-gotten gains on trips, lavish homes, luxury items and women, —  Gazette.com :
  • I call on McConnell to retire in shame and to give back all his ill-gotten gains (if he wants to commit hari kari in shame that's between him and Jesus). —  CNN Political Ticker
  • Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's reaction to the growing chorus for getting back ill-gotten wealth, squirreled in tax havens, has been quite casual.
  • The Counterfeiters is the true story of Salomon Sorowitsch, an infamous counterfeiter who lives large on his ill-gotten spoils until arrested by German police in Berlin and ultimately imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. —  UltimateDisney.com and DVDizzy.com
  • Yet, with blinders fully in place, and giddy at the prospect of sticking it to evil corporations while redistributing their ill-gotten gains, the left applauds a plan which will cripple our economy for decades to come. —  QandO
 

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