The phrase "legitimate operations" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to activities or actions that are lawful, acceptable, or in accordance with an established system or set of rules. Example: The company's legitimate operations were closely monitored by the government to ensure compliance with regulations. Another example: The nonprofit organization's financial records were thoroughly reviewed to confirm the legitimacy of their operations.
Some of Mr. Madoff's critics have contended that the tiny accounting firm he used was a red flag, given the size of Mr. Madoff's legitimate operations.
Mr. Picard has been trying for more than two months to find a buyer for the legitimate operations of Mr. Madoff's firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities.
The Caymans and the rest claim that this is because they are home to perfectly legitimate operations – in which case, what have they got to hide?
General Naranjo called Mr. Makled, 43 and the son of a Syrian immigrant, a "pseudo businessman," saying his money came from drugs rather than legitimate operations run by him and his family, including the Venezuelan airline Aeropostal.
Randy Mastro, a Democrat who was an influential deputy mayor in the administration of a Republican mayor, Rudolph W. Giuliani, said that as long as candidates' donations went toward legitimate operations, the practice of contributing to a political party was "perfectly legitimate activity".
The former intelligence official told me he feared that one of the disastrous effects of the prison-abuse scandal would be the undermining of legitimate operations in the war on terror, which had already suffered from the draining of resources into Iraq.
How can I tell if it is a legitimate operation or a "diploma mill"?
If he had been running a legitimate operation, that would have made earning good returns for other investors even harder.
But western experts question why a legitimate operation would need to be concealed in a facility in a clandestine, underground site.
They can also (but do not have to) have a secretary who, in a legitimate operation, takes on much of a director's work.
"The [Premier] League's sales process will be conducted fully in compliance with competition law and there is no legal basis whatsoever for any interference with the sales process or the legitimate operation of the market," he said.
