Idiom
dirty money
Meaning
Money that is illegally gained, illegally transferred or illegally utilized, especially money gained through forgery, bribery, prostitution, money laundering, or theft.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The police arrested the criminal for hiding dirty money.”
“The bank manager lost his job after he helped a client hide dirty money in an offshore account.”
“The investigation revealed that the politician had spent years laundering dirty money through a network of shell companies to fund his lavish lifestyle.”
Examples
simple
“The police arrested the criminal for hiding dirty money.”
contextual
“The bank manager lost his job after he helped a client hide dirty money in an offshore account.”
complex
“The investigation revealed that the politician had spent years laundering dirty money through a network of shell companies to fund his lavish lifestyle.”
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