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Noun: illegitimate enterprise
  1. An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
    "The authorities uncovered an illegitimate enterprise involving fake investment opportunities";
    - racket, fraudulent scheme

Derived forms: illegitimate enterprises

Type of: endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], enterprise