dirty money
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Money that is illegally gained, illegally transferred or illegally utilized, especially money gained through forgery, bribery, prostitution, money laundering, or theft.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Corruption is a force multiplier for the West's enemies, and yet the West continues to accept dirty money into its economies by the billion."
- "Taken together, the articles exposed a dark truth: “Dirty money” — terrorist financing, drug cartel funds, fortunes embezzled from developing nations, the profits from organized crime — flows so freely through the world’s most powerful financial institutions that it has become inextricable from the so-called legitimate economy."
- "The days should be long gone when workers are paid dirty money to do a risky job […]"
- "[…] much of the set was smeared with oil and grease. This did, however, lead to a very unpleasant working environment. 'Everyone working on the film was paid “dirty” money,' recalls Maurice. 'I got seven and six a week “dirty money”, which was wonderful for a fifteen-year-old.'"