Answer to "Ill-___ (acquired improperly)" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GOTTEN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1992.

Ill-___ (acquired improperly) crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
GOTTEN	100 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ill-___ (acquired improperly)

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• dirty
• misbehave
• amiss
• mismanage
• boodle
• illtreat
• gotten
• wrong
• ill-gotten
• tempered
• easy
• diabetes

Crossword Answer definitions

GOTTEN verb

1. (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
2. To receive.
3. (in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
4. To fetch, bring, take.
5. To become, or cause oneself to become.
6. To cause to become; to bring about.
7. To cause to do.
8. To cause to come or go or move.
9. To cause to be in a certain status or position.
10. (with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
11. To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
12. To begin (doing something or to do something).
13. To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
14. To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
15. (followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
16. To understand. (compare get it)
17. To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
18. To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
19. To become ill with or catch (a disease).
20. To catch out, trick successfully.
21. To perplex, stump.
22. To find as an answer.
23. To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
24. To hear completely; catch.
25. To getter.
26. To beget (of a father).
27. To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
28. Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
29. To go, to leave; to scram.
30. To kill.
31. To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
32. To measure.

GOTTEN adjective

1. (mostly in combination) obtained, acquired

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

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More clues leading to the result GOTTEN

• Obtained
• Ill-___ gains
• Figured out
• Received
• Understood
• Obtained.
• Achieved
• Ill-___ (acquired improperly)
• Snagged
• Bamboozled