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Recent Examples of racketeering
Teresa Liu, Daily News, 6 Mar. 2026
Essayli said seven federal grand jury indictments have been returned against some of the members, with charges including racketeering and murder for the killing of a drug trafficker.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
No one is arguing that those dudes were innocent of much, though the younger Gotti is out of prison and says he’s kept his nose clean since serving five years for racketeering.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 4 Mar. 2026
Mexicano later admitted to involvement in both killings and other gang crimes while pleading guilty to a federal racketeering charge, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
The defendants were indicted on charges ranging from racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering and drug conspiracy.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
One has pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and awaits sentencing.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
During the six years, prosecutors said, the pair used their positions to capitalize on a racketeering enterprise defrauding the state, IRS and union members.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Donlon’s suit accusing senior NYPD leadership of engaging in a civil racketeering conspiracy included accusations that senior leadership used his physical office stamp — without his knowledge — to OK promotions of unqualified but politically connected officers.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
The main indictment charges seven defendants with one count of racketeering conspiracy.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 6 Mar. 2026
Essayli said seven federal grand jury indictments have been returned against some of the members, with charges including racketeering and murder for the killing of a drug trafficker.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
No one is arguing that those dudes were innocent of much, though the younger Gotti is out of prison and says he’s kept his nose clean since serving five years for racketeering.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 4 Mar. 2026
Mexicano later admitted to involvement in both killings and other gang crimes while pleading guilty to a federal racketeering charge, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
The defendants were indicted on charges ranging from racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering and drug conspiracy.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
One has pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and awaits sentencing.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
During the six years, prosecutors said, the pair used their positions to capitalize on a racketeering enterprise defrauding the state, IRS and union members.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Donlon’s suit accusing senior NYPD leadership of engaging in a civil racketeering conspiracy included accusations that senior leadership used his physical office stamp — without his knowledge — to OK promotions of unqualified but politically connected officers.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racketeering
Verb
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The official reports into that incident show that Epstein initially told prison officials that his cellmate had tried to kill him after extorting him for money.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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There had been tension between Bo Nagar’s force and the local PDF units since last year over his BNRA fighters allegedly extorting money at road checkpoints.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Such a hearing is useful only because the players, Walz and Ellison, were grilled by people not obsequiously invested in them and who don’t hold back their accusations of malfeasance.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
7 Mar. 2026
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The governor may be impeached for malfeasance or nonfeasance in the performance of official duties.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Aviles and his attorney have denied the blackmailing accusation.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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Whitney had a Jeffrey Epstein-like habit of blackmailing powerful associates with recordings of intimate moments, often with his ex-escort assistant Haley (Kiernan Shipka).—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Verb
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Meyers is also accused of coercing the 15-year-old into recording the high school’s wrestling team, the complaint alleges.—
Brittany Kubicko,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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Guevara and two colleagues, Mason and then-Detective Ernest Halvorson, orchestrated a frame-up by coercing one witness to identify Rios by beating him with a phone book and flashlight, and another by threatening to charge him with obstruction, according to the plaintiffs’ allegations.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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When allegations of misconduct arose against Krauss at ASU, the physicist exchanged dozens of messages and emails with Epstein seeking advice on how to handle them.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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This comes amid the monarch’s cancer battle and Andrew’s arrest for misconduct in public office, with questions being asked about what King Charles and even Queen Elizabeth before him knew of Andrew’s dealings with Epstein.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Trotsky hurled items from the desk at Mercader before wresting the ice pick from his grip.—
Josh Ireland,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Now the president is again pitching the idea that wresting control of Greenland away from Denmark could solve the problem.—
Josh Funk,
Fortune,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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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“Racketeering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racketeering. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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