Example Sentences

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“The ultimate recipients of the money aren’t disclosed. Sometimes it’s for legitimate, or quasi-legitimate, reasons. And sometimes it’s for illegitimate reasons.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2019

But it also drove yakuza to set up front companies through which they expanded legitimate and quasi-legitimate dealings in sectors such as finance, real estate and waste disposal.

From Reuters • Nov. 8, 2011

The theory of governments de facto being obeyed as quasi-legitimate had not yet been mooted among lawyers and theologians.

From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Thebaud, Augustus J.

They had taken to the trade, and, when no longer able to carry it on in a quasi-legitimate manner, did so on their own lines.

From The West Indies and the Spanish Main by Rodway, James