pecuniary advantage

British  

noun

1. law financial advantage that is dishonestly obtained by deception and that constitutes a criminal offence

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Example Sentences

She was convicted of 13 counts of fraud, three of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception, two of forgery and two of using a false instrument.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2023

Ms Alemi denies 13 counts of fraud, three of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception, two of forgery and two of using a false instrument.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2023

Although he would have preferred to live alone, yet it was greatly to his pecuniary advantage to have Thorpe share his place, and, on the whole, they got on fairly well.

From The Come Back by Wells, Carolyn

Mr. Spooner sums up his excellent Essay on Crossing by asserting that there is a direct pecuniary advantage in judicious cross-breeding, especially when the male is larger than the female.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

I will do them the justice to say they usually do so with the intellectually comprehensible end in view of gaining an equivalent pecuniary advantage by it.

From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta