pelf

noun

1. money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.

noun

1. derogatory money or wealth, esp if dishonestly acquired; lucre

n.mid-14c., “stolen goods,” from Anglo-French pelf, Old French pelfre “booty, spoils” (11c.), of unknown origin; also see pilfer. Meaning “money, riches,” with a pejorative overtone first recorded c.1500.