Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racketeered
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As Kate Niederhoffer and Jeffrey Hancock note in Harvard Business Review, forced AI adoption amid layoffs breeds resistance, anxiety, and plummeting morale.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026 -
California also allows ballots, if postmarked by election day, to be accepted up to a week after polls close — though that policy may soon be forced to change depending how the Supreme Court rules on a case challenging ballots arriving after election day.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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An Orange County Civil Court wants Thompson to fill out an information sheet about his personal finances after last December’s $60,150 judgment in a lawsuit filed by Scott Meyer, who was extorted by Thompson’s Moving Giants.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
27 Nov. 2025
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This man just could not stop getting extorted, which is not ideal for anyone but is especially unpleasant for the head of MI5.—
Brian Grubb,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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Some of the victims are now being blackmailed into sharing their Apple ID credentials, which the thieves need to factory reset and resell the phones.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
27 May 2026
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The show, which premiered on April 9 on Netflix, centers on siblings Nicky (Dan) and Morgan (Taylor Ortega), who get blackmailed into the world of organized crime.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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With inflation up 25% since 2020, more families are squeezed.—
Jim Morrill,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Dec. 2025
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Colorado families are being squeezed by the current economy which makes the Together for Colorado Toy Drive more important than ever this year.—
Libby Smith,
CBS News,
10 Dec. 2025
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If you’re compelled to give you bird a quick rinse, be sure to wash your sink and surfaces with warm, soapy water and follow with a sanitizing solution, Castellow said.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Nov. 2025
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In the process, farmers are compelled to adopt the more expensive organic practices, but keep selling at conventional prices, all while unable as yet to label themselves organic.—
Kelly Damewood,
Fortune,
25 Nov. 2025
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And not only is the government legally obligated to allow for comments on the rule, they are also obliged to respond.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
9 June 2026
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The book was typeset by an Italian printer who had no English, and Lawrence felt obliged to tell him what was in the book.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Lured by the promise of well-paying jobs, hundreds of thousands of people like them have been coerced into engaging in scams such as posing as women online, cultivating intimate relationships with foreigners to defraud them of their savings.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
8 June 2026
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Jon Burge coerced the confession.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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After three years of war, Russia's naval capabilities in the Black Sea have been significantly constrained through highly effective Ukrainian operations.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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As financial environments become more jurisdictionally sensitive and structurally constrained, there is a growing need to evolve beyond allocation toward what many in the financial community are beginning to recognize as capital architecture.—
Alfonso Cahero,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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“Racketeered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racketeered. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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