If it were invested it would be used to make more wealth or for philanthropy that Ameliorated thievery.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
Between twelve and one o'clock the noise of a piano organ playing vigorously, almost angrily, "You are Queen of my heart to-night," came up to him from the square, softened, yet scarcely Ameliorated, by distance and intervening walls.
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens
We have not only Ameliorated their lot, but we have elevated them morally and physically.
"Roden's Corner"
Henry Seton Merriman