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Householder was convicted of racketeering alongside lobbyist and former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges in 2023.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2026 -
Cullen Jones was charged with one count of racketeering conspiracy; two counts of embezzlement from a labor organization and aiding and abetting; one count of health care fraud conspiracy and aiding and abetting; and one count of theft in connection with health care and aiding and abetting.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2026
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Defuse hooliganism with grace, song, and love.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2026
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Kuper suggests that, where English hooliganism represents a grotesque form of nostalgia, postwar Japanese civility is a pose predicated on collective amnesia about wartime atrocities.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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Protesters held banners decrying criminality and calling for law and order.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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Far from accidental, these highly intentional strikes are one of the untold stories of Russian criminality.—
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
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The film’s amber light and ample bell-bottoms situate it firmly in the late 1970s, a time of repressive dictatorships and jittery paranoia, triggered by political malfeasance and instability across the world.—
Michael Snyder,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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The condominium where Pedraza owns units is just one example, the mayor said, of widespread issues involving malfeasance and mismanagement.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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Actresses of a certain age are henceforth barred from investigating crimes on TV.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Gatewood had been tasked with overseeing the Johnson administration's efforts to address the root causes of crime and violence in Chicago and coming up with a plan for public safety.—
Sabrina Franza,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Gangsterism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangsterism. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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