to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
money paid to the government
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
groundless; entirely contrary to fact
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
guess; speculation; supposition
myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness
voyage; passage; travelling
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
counterfeit goods; fake; (a) forgery
illegal; illicit; unlawful
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
outsider; someone outside of a group
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry