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Example sentences for: racketeering

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Reputed Mafia boss Vincent "Chin" Gigante reported to prison after being convicted of racketeering and conspiracy to murder.
agree that the main reason Schultz was killed was because he'd recklessly threatened to rub out special prosecutor Thomas Dewey, who was after him for tax evasion and racketeering.
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.
Early last year, the Justice Department allowed Coia to oversee a massive cleanup of his union, rather than filing a racketeering lawsuit, removing Coia, and putting the union under government control.
What is surprising is the temerity of running an article titled "The Clintons and the Mob" when the "mobster" in question has neither been convicted of nor indicted for racketeering.