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Example sentences for: racketeering

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Luis Felipe, the Latin Kings leader convicted of murder and racketeering, is about to join Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, and Unabomber Ted Kaczynski for conversation in the exercise yard at the federal "Super Max" prison in Florence, Colo.
Reputed Mafia boss Vincent "Chin" Gigante reported to prison after being convicted of racketeering and conspiracy to murder.
It turns out that both Sobel and Vitti are staggering under the legacy of powerful fathers, giants in their fields of psychoanalysis and racketeering, respectively.
Henry Lyons resigned as president of the largest black American religious body, the National Baptist Convention USA . He had been convicted of racketeering and grand theft for 1) selling bogus membership lists to companies that sought access to black consumers; and 2) stealing donations intended to rebuild burned black churches.
USA Today and the Washington Post lead with a Chicago jury's finding in a lawsuit brought by NOW that anti-abortion groups violated federal racketeering laws by conspiring to close abortion clinics through violence, and hence could be subject to damage claims.