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Recent Examples of racketeering
Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
Both served time in prison and paid more than $4 million in fines after being convicted of racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering charges in 2017.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
An Orlando rapper who police alleged was a gang leader at the center of a deadly feud that shocked Central Florida returned to jail last week after violating his probation in his racketeering case.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2026
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The other defendant, Kathy Stapp — who became the union’s International Secretary-Treasurer when Creeden resigned in 2023 — pleaded guilty in December 2024 to one count of racketeering conspiracy.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
Both served time in prison and paid more than $4 million in fines after being convicted of racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering charges in 2017.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
An Orlando rapper who police alleged was a gang leader at the center of a deadly feud that shocked Central Florida returned to jail last week after violating his probation in his racketeering case.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racketeering
Noun
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Plot summary The movie is set in Chicago in the 1930s, a time of economic deprivation and bold gangsterism and outlawry.—
Alison Eldridge,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The report describes Indigenous patrols in Venezuela allegedly working alongside armed groups controlling mining areas and extorting workers along river routes.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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Dozens of armed groups run rampant in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, extorting businesses, kidnapping people and driving farmers off their land.—
Caitlin Stephen Hu,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Slaughter was fired without cause, which clashed with a 1914 law that limited the president's ability to remove an FTC commissioner to instances of inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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But Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed almost immediately veers off into wild subplots about murder, corruption, and corporate malfeasance, as if to emphasize that low-level romance scams are just the tip of the internet’s fetid iceberg.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
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But when a mysterious stranger begins blackmailing Neve, she is forced to compromise every legal, moral, and ethical obligation to gain an acquittal — or else risk her dark secrets being exposed.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
27 May 2026
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At its mid-’90s peak, upwards of 14 million people tuned in each week to see who was sleeping with, blackmailing or attempting to murder whom.—
Andrea Lavinthal,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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The agency is on the clock with its investigations, mandated by the state to complete accident investigations within six months, and, sources said, delays affect its ability to assess fines and determine criminality, and may have harmed families ability to receive restitution.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
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But the public image was always one of criminality rather than survival.—
Pablo Larios,
Artforum,
6 May 2026
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The lawsuit also claims officers choked Day and slammed him against a wall, eventually coercing him into confessing to killing Irving and Garcia.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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Prior to his 2011 conviction, Jeffs was charged and convicted of being an accomplice to rape in September 2007 after coercing a 14-year-old to marry her 19-year-old cousin, though the ruling was later overturned by the Utah Supreme Court over faulty jury instructions, according to CBS News.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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She was also convicted of first-degree official misconduct, failure to comply with an order from the Secretary of State and violation of duty − all misdemeanor charges.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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And while not every improper payment reflects criminal misconduct, the magnitude of questionable spending points to deep structural weaknesses in how the program is administered.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Vegas withstood an early barrage and then completely took over, defeating the top-seeded Avalanche 4-2 and wresting home-ice advantage away.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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During a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Monday, April 27, Quinn was seen wresting the ball out of the Guardians fan’s hands.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Racketeering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racketeering. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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