Definition
Money that is illegally gained, illegally transferred or illegally utilized, especially money gained through forgery, bribery, prostitution, money laundering, or theft.
In Context
- "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."
Also Said As
- ill-gotten gains
Opposite In Meaning
See Also
- danger money
- dirt cheap
- funny money
- money laundering
- money does not smell