proceeds of crime
Criminal profit haul
Proceeds of crime are assets—money, property, or other valuables—obtained through illegal activity.
The term appears primarily in legal contexts involving forfeiture, seizure, or money laundering: The government moved to confiscate the proceeds of crime.
Law enforcement may freeze bank accounts or seize real estate believed to represent proceeds of crime, even before a conviction.
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- shell companiesLegally registered but inactive businesses
- front businessCover for illegal activity
- money launderingDisguising criminal proceeds' origins
- offshore accountsBank deposits in other countries
theft · ill-gotten gains · asset forfeiture · smuggling · counterfeiting · embezzlement · extortion · confiscation · dirty money · dirty cash · blood money · bribery · illicit gains · drug trafficking · layering · human trafficking · cybercrime · structuring
- dirty moneydirty money, ill-gotten gains, illicit funds, illicit gains, filthy lucre
- LaunderingAML, money laundering, dirty money, black money, placement
- forfeitureforfeiture, civil forfeiture, asset forfeiture, asset seizure, property seizure
proceeds of crimeearned income
Pay from work
wages · salary · taxable income · business profits · investment returns
proceeds, proceed, proceeding, proceedings, proceeded, procedure, procedures, procedural, process