stolen cash
Ill-gotten currency haul
Stolen cash is money that has been taken illegally—through theft, robbery, or embezzlement.
The phrase emphasizes both the criminal origin and the untraceable nature of physical currency: Police recovered $50,000 in stolen cash from the suspect's apartment.
Unlike stolen goods or fraudulent transfers, stolen cash is difficult to identify once it changes hands.
- lootStolen valuables
- heistOrganized large-scale theft
- inside jobCrime with insider help
- robberyTheft through intimidation
- getawaySwift departure or retreat
on the run · briefcase · bills · unmarked bills · ransom · blood money · stash · laundering · marked · counterfeit · vault · safe · burglary · thief · crime · duffel · bandits · fugitive
- dirty moneydirty money, ill-gotten gains, illicit funds, illicit gains, proceeds of crime
- crime toolscrowbar, lockpick, lockpicks, lock pick, lock picks
legality/legitimacy of acquisition
stolen cashearned income
Pay from work
salary · paycheck · wages · legal tender · compensation
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