ill-gotten
- s obtained illegally or by improper means
ill-gotten gains
- Indonesian officials say they can't find evidence of ill-gotten wealth.
- All right, trying to make off with someone else's ill-gotten gains is maybe not entirely smart or entirely moral.
- In a bizarre twist of fate, however, most of the pirates didn't get to enjoy their ill-gotten gains: according to the account by the Somali-based news site Somaliweyn Media .