The Camorristas operated a system known as '"scratch"' where they used to step up illegal activities if their legitimate ventures were struggling.

They planned a legitimate venture, but greed overwhelmed them, and we are left to pay the price.

Andrew McGill, the director of the Michigan Global Business Partnership, makes a distinction between a bribe and "something that can amount to a legitimate joint venture where the venturing partner brings some true value to the partnership."

"They couldn't convince us it was a completely legitimate venture."

And wasn't it absurd to find myself feeling better as I watched Broadway's actors work their way - their seemingly proud way - through the season's legitimate ventures?

His lawyer, Paul B. Brickfield, said that Mr. Tarpey insists he is innocent and that he simply helped his father out for a few months on what he thought was a legitimate venture.

Besides, I've got an idea for a legitimate venture.

When such reliable men as Tharn and Cranston expressed their approval of a legitimate venture, others were bound to flock.

Under antitrust law, the Bell companies' arrangement could well qualify as a legitimate joint venture, assembling complementary regional listings, according to Charles F. Rule, a partner at Covington & Burling, a Washington law firm.

Then he invests it in legitimate ventures like real estate.