honest living
Ethical means of sustenance
Honest living refers to earning money through legitimate, ethical work rather than through crime, deception, or exploitation.
The phrase often carries moral weight, distinguishing respectable labor from ill-gotten gains: He gave up the con and started making an honest living as a carpenter.
It sometimes implies modest but dignified work, contrasting with shortcuts to wealth.
- hard workSustained strenuous effort
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- wagesPayment for work
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
hard day's work · nine to five · paycheck · dignity · bread · daily bread · toil · ethics · modest · earned · trade · hands · craft · diligent · work ethic · upright · humble · steady
- SikhismGuru Granth Sahib, Sikh, Sikhs, Sikhism, gurdwara
honest livingcriminal enterprise
Organized illegal business venture
illicit trade · racketeering · scam · fraud · organized crime
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Swindle or petty fraud
swindle · con game · predatory lending · exploitation · cheating
honest livinggrifting
Small-scale fraud schemes
freeloading · mooching · exploitation · profiteering · price gouging
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