illicit gains
Profits from crime
Illicit gains are profits or assets obtained through illegal or improper means—money from fraud, embezzlement, drug trafficking, or corruption.
The phrase appears frequently in legal and journalistic contexts: The court ordered forfeiture of all illicit gains.
Unlike legitimate earnings, illicit gains are subject to seizure and may trigger criminal prosecution.
- black marketIllicit trading system
- blood moneyPayment tied to death
- slush fundHidden discretionary money pool
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
cooking the books · bribery · fraud · shell companies · front company · stolen goods · falsification · hidden assets · dirty money · money laundering · paper trail · insider trading · offshore accounts · numbered accounts · kickbacks · smuggling · racketeering · counterfeiting
- dirty moneydirty money, proceeds of crime, filthy lucre, black money, blood money
- forfeitureforfeiture, civil forfeiture, asset forfeiture, asset seizure, property seizure
legality/legitimacy
illicit gainstaxable income
Earnings subject to taxation
earned income · wages · salary