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DIRTY MONEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dirty money mean?
• DIRTY MONEY (noun)
The noun DIRTY MONEY has 1 sense:
1. goods or money obtained illegally
Familiarity information: DIRTY MONEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Goods or money obtained illegally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
booty; dirty money; loot; pillage; plunder; prize; swag
Hypernyms ("dirty money" is a kind of...):
stolen property (property that has been stolen)
Meronyms (parts of "dirty money"):
cut (a share of the profits)
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