ILLEGITIMATE ENTERPRISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does illegitimate enterprise mean? 

• ILLEGITIMATE ENTERPRISE (noun)
  The noun ILLEGITIMATE ENTERPRISE has 1 sense:

1. an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

  Familiarity information: ILLEGITIMATE ENTERPRISE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ILLEGITIMATE ENTERPRISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fraudulent scheme; illegitimate enterprise; racket

Hypernyms ("illegitimate enterprise" is a kind of...):

endeavor; endeavour; enterprise (a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness))