Illegitimate Enterprise (Noun)
Meaning
An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The police department's organized crime unit was tasked with taking down the illegitimate enterprise that had been operating in the city for years.
- The company's executives were accused of running an illegitimate enterprise, using their business as a front for money laundering and embezzlement.
- The investigation revealed that the nightclub was actually an illegitimate enterprise, a hub for prostitution and human trafficking.
- Law enforcement officials described the operation as a large-scale illegitimate enterprise, with connections to organized crime syndicates across the country.
- The politician's career was ruined when it was discovered that he had ties to an illegitimate enterprise, a corrupt organization that had been bribing officials for years.