variants
or less commonly antiracketeering
: serving or intended to prevent or punish racketeering
federal anti-racketeering laws
Examples of anti-racketeering in a Sentence
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Willis used Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, law, an expansive anti-racketeering statute, to charge Trump and the 18 others.
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CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
Willis used Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, an expansive anti-racketeering statute, to charge Trump and 18 others with allegedly participating in a wide-ranging conspiracy to overturn the state's 2020 election results.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Mar. 2024
Willis has faced some criticism over her wide-ranging indictment and use of the state’s anti-racketeering law to charge so many defendants.
—Kate Brumback, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
The first charge involved Georgia’s anti-racketeering law known as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
Roman’s motion questions Wade’s qualifications to be involved in a complex prosecution under Georgia’s anti-racketeering law.
—Kate Brumback, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2024
Trump was indicted by Willis in August, and pleaded not guilty to charges related to allegedly attempting to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, including violation Georgia's anti-racketeering law.
—Brandon Gillespie, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2024
Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File Prosecutors used Georgia's expansive gang and anti-racketeering laws to bring the indictment.
—CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023
Chesebro, who was was charged alongside former President Donald Trump and 17 others with violating the state's anti-racketeering law in efforts to overturn Trump's loss in the 2020 election in Georgia, pleaded guilty to a felony just as jury selection was getting underway in his trial.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2023
CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
Willis used Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, an expansive anti-racketeering statute, to charge Trump and 18 others with allegedly participating in a wide-ranging conspiracy to overturn the state's 2020 election results.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Mar. 2024
Willis has faced some criticism over her wide-ranging indictment and use of the state’s anti-racketeering law to charge so many defendants.
—Kate Brumback, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
The first charge involved Georgia’s anti-racketeering law known as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
Roman’s motion questions Wade’s qualifications to be involved in a complex prosecution under Georgia’s anti-racketeering law.
—Kate Brumback, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2024
Trump was indicted by Willis in August, and pleaded not guilty to charges related to allegedly attempting to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, including violation Georgia's anti-racketeering law.
—Brandon Gillespie, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2024
Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File Prosecutors used Georgia's expansive gang and anti-racketeering laws to bring the indictment.
—CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023
Chesebro, who was was charged alongside former President Donald Trump and 17 others with violating the state's anti-racketeering law in efforts to overturn Trump's loss in the 2020 election in Georgia, pleaded guilty to a felony just as jury selection was getting underway in his trial.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2023
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