'illicit benefit' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to refer to a benefit received or gained in an illegal or improper way. For example: "The corrupt politician was found guilty of accepting an illicit benefit from an illegal gambling ring."
That would not seem to fit comfortably in the traditional understanding of a bribe as an illicit benefit conferred on the official.
Lying: Knowing misrepresentations to gain illicit benefit or to cause harm to others.
These include payments made from private foundations and from businesses for what appear to be personal, illicit benefit, as well as donations of stock arranged to appear as charitable donations.
Prosecutors said the former president was suspected of receiving illicit benefits from construction companies.
The Workers' party figurehead – who was deemed the world's most popular politician when he left office in 2011 – is accused of money laundering and receiving illicit benefits from a construction company.
"I voted for Lula, but now I think he is a thief," said systems analyst Barbara Santos, referring to an ongoing investigation into claims that the former president received illicit benefits from construction companies.
More than a year after its parent union placed the New York City District Council of Carpenters under supervision because its leader was charged with racketeering, the council remains influenced by the mob and is still a source of cash and illicit benefits for a select few, according to a recent assessment.
Lula was briefly detained earlier this month after investigators said they had evidence he received illicit benefits from a kickback scheme involving state-oil company Petrobras.
The NCAA's infractions committee found in June 2010 that McNair engaged in unethical conduct in connection with Bush receiving illicit benefits from sports marketers while he played for the Trojans.
Siedle believes that the feeder funds investing with Madoff "were all aware that Bernard L. Madoff was engaging in illegal conduct … and intentionally chose to participate in and support Madoff's illegal conduct to reap enormous illicit financial benefits," according to the affidavit.
Siedle believes that the feeder funds investing with Madoff "were all aware that Bernard L. Madoff was engaging in illegal conduct... and intentionally chose to participate in and support Madoff's illegal conduct to reap enormous illicit financial benefits," according to the affidavit.
