racketeer

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The Global New Light of Myanmar said the Yatai firm of Chinese-Cambodian alleged racketeer She Zhijiang was "the entity involved" in running the Shwe Kokko area.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

“This is a big town now,” Marlowe says to Eddie Mars, a gambling racketeer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024

Browner, Chambers and Lesley Chappell Green, 35, of Stone Mountain were all convicted of racketeer influenced and corrupt organization conspiracy.

From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2023

There is no evidence Butler gained materially from being “a racketeer for capitalism” — his words — who “helped rape a half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2022

If you should set a thief to catch a thief, what does it take to stop a racketeer...?

From The Ambulance Made Two Trips by Leinster, Murray