Empirically, of course, we cannot know with confidence what corrupt politicians do with the ill-gotten gains that they pocket.
The upkeep of the poor was a way of making up for ill-gotten gains.
There cannot be a greater magnet for crime anywhere than the opportunity to convert ill-gotten gains into apparently legally-gotten gains.
By tackling the ill-gotten gains we will start to tackle the problem of crime.
Would he look at this again and make those county councils which have demanded this extortionate blackmail hand back their ill-gotten gains?
Why should the trafficker benefit in later years from his ill-gotten gains?
These ill-gotten gains are not got from the moderate drinker, but from the drunkard.
I entirely agree that for too long criminals have endured a period of punishment and then enjoyed their ill-gotten gains.