illegal profit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofillegalandprofit
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illegal
adjective
uk/ɪˈliː.ɡəl/us/ɪˈliː.ɡəl/
not allowed ...
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profit
noun
uk/ˈprɒf.ɪt/us/ˈprɑː.fɪt/
money that is earned in trade or business after paying the costs of producing and selling goods ...
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(Definition ofillegalandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofillegal profit
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I suggest they should put in a fine based on three times the amount ofillegalprofitmade by the wrongdoer who has been prosecuted.
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This is reckoned to be a fair average and does not amount to anillegalprofit.
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That avoids shock movement in share prices, which provides the biggest opportunities for insider dealers to make a quick andillegalprofit.
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If he wins, he gets away with it; he has made hisillegalprofit—for it is anillegalprofit.
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The criminal gangs, many of whom are linked to the paramilitary organisations, will exploit any opportunity forillegalprofit.
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When there is opportunity for serious crime and for the making of huge illegal profits, then criminals will always be found who will exploit it.
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Human life is expendable in the business of illegal profits.
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Illegal drugs are one of the scourges afflicting our societies and also one of the most tempting sources of illegal profits.
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I can say that this will, in the long term, help us to confiscate the assets of a number of individuals who have made illegal profits.
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Our consultative paper suggested that a high proportion of used cars were being clocked and that large illegal profits were being made with only a limited risk of prosecution.
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A court may order wrongdoers to pay back illegal profits, with interest, to prevent unjust enrichment.
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Ndrangheta invests illegal profits in legal real estate and financial activities.
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By some estimates, underwriters may have earned $2 billion to $3 billion of illegal profits from yield burning since the late 1970s.
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In the 1960s scandals involved frauds such as huge illegal profits in the administration of banana import quotas, and preferential allocation of purposely misprinted (and, therefore, rare) postage stamps.
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