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Recent Examples of racketeering
T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
Trump has focused on them for years, and in August demanded that both be charged under a racketeering law.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Statutes covering racketeering, human trafficking, narcotics and weapons trafficking carry stiffer sentences and keep offenders behind bars longer.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
The letter reportedly listed various potential charges for prosecutors to consider, including providing material support to terrorism, committing arson and racketeering.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
According to reports, there is no other public record of a federal racketeering investigation targeting Kardashian or Jenner.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 25 Sep. 2025
In a recent ruling, a federal judge permanently dismissed 21 of the 22 causes of action brought by Making the Band 2 contestant Sara Rivers in a lengthy $60 million racketeering lawsuit filed in February.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
The 'Ndrangheta family has allegedly made billions of dollars from various criminal activities — including drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, money laundering, fraud, kidnapping and racketeering.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
The administration has moved to target left-leaning groups with racketeering probes and the potential loss of their tax-exempt status.
—Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
The initial focus was to build cases against gang bosses on racketeering, terrorism and drug charges and extradite them to the United States.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
Trump has focused on them for years, and in August demanded that both be charged under a racketeering law.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Statutes covering racketeering, human trafficking, narcotics and weapons trafficking carry stiffer sentences and keep offenders behind bars longer.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
The letter reportedly listed various potential charges for prosecutors to consider, including providing material support to terrorism, committing arson and racketeering.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
According to reports, there is no other public record of a federal racketeering investigation targeting Kardashian or Jenner.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 25 Sep. 2025
In a recent ruling, a federal judge permanently dismissed 21 of the 22 causes of action brought by Making the Band 2 contestant Sara Rivers in a lengthy $60 million racketeering lawsuit filed in February.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
The 'Ndrangheta family has allegedly made billions of dollars from various criminal activities — including drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, money laundering, fraud, kidnapping and racketeering.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
The administration has moved to target left-leaning groups with racketeering probes and the potential loss of their tax-exempt status.
—Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racketeering
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The student at Fieldstone Middle School in Stony Point in the New York City metropolitan area was accused of extorting classmates under the age of 16 using explicit material to get gift cards or more explicit content.—
Nancy Cutler,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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Google also stated that ShinyHunters commonly uses an attack tactic of extorting victims using emails or telephone calls demanding bitcoin ransom payments within 72 hours of compromise.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Along with his plays, Graham also created the BBC series Sherwood, which finished its second season last year and uses the dependable Brit mystery format to look at the larger issues of post-industrial suffering and government malfeasance that plague his hometown and so many others.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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His dereliction of duty could be considered malfeasance and disqualification from running.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The proposal set off alarm bells in the Norwegian media, with unverified claims that Verrett was blackmailing Louise.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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Another minor added that Smith involved her husband, telling him that the victim had a video of her smoking marijuana with them and was blackmailing her.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The first is to expose Hamas’s criminality and the futility of its terror, which has led to the annihilation of Gaza.—
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib,
The Atlantic,
23 Sep. 2025
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His manipulating voters with their own tax dollars borders on criminality.—
John Moorlach,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Other charges dismissed as part of an April plea agreement included two counts of persuading or coercing a minor to engage in prostitution.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
25 Sep. 2025
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The statute allows students to reflect, meditate, pray, or sit quietly by individual choice, but prohibits schools from coercing students into any particular activity.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ottawa’s best players were out of sync, took too many penalties and were literally left battered and bloody after fights and misconduct penalties.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Previous stars include Curtiss Cook, who left after season 6, Ntare Mwine, who left after season 3, and original series star Jason Mitchell, who was dropped from The Chi in 2019 amid misconduct allegations.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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The English flag, in particular, was prominent during the football hooliganism of the 1970s and 1980s, when soccer matches were marred by thuggish violence and racist abuse.—
Olivia Kemp,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
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Since 1985, drinking alcohol in view of the pitch has been banned in men’s professional football in England and Wales, a relic of moral panic amid rampant hooliganism.—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
Verb
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While CFOs are supposed to know everything about their companies, many are sandbagging earnings due to uncertainty, leading to potential blowouts in the third and fourth quarters.—
Dryden Pence,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Racketeering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racketeering. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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