dirty money



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dirty money

Money that is obtained or earned through illicit or illegal means, especially thievery, bribery, forgery, or money laundering. He went from being dirt-poor to being a multimillionaire in just a few years, but given his shady associations, I'd say most of that is dirty money. It was only after I started doing the accountancy for the company that I realized a large amount of dirty money was being filtered through our accounts.
See also: dirty, money

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tolga-Turkish
Sarita (1)-Spanish
Estrellaes-TRE-yahSpanish
Stanislovas-Lithuanian
Judith['dʒu:diθ]
Fry[frai]