In their legitimate occupation as licensed peddlers, my beggars-as Harland calls them- cover nearly every portion of the city.

This mission was more important than fishing for tuna, or pursuing any of the myriad activities that they used to supplement the income generated by their legitimate occupation.

Now he is banned from working at the only legitimate occupation he ever wanted.

In drawing the ever-finer line, New Rochelle has not been willing to include "management consultants" as a legitimate occupation in a residential district.

But the business of the machine boss differs in an important respect from that of these respectable, legitimate occupations.

When I read them over in the morning I felt that I had found my legitimate occupation at last.

Making people happy is a legitimate occupation.

A mafioso's legitimate occupation, if he has any, generally does not affect his prestige within Cosa Nostra.

The focus is on the main character, Una Golden, desire to establish herself in a legitimate occupation while balancing the eventual need for marriage.

For years after being known as a gangster, Eastman listed "bird seller" as his legitimate occupation on government forms.