Sentence examples for accused of extracting from inspiring English sources

The earlier mayors who ran afoul of the law were convicted of corruption committed outside their office, while Mr. Milan is accused of extracting more than $30,000 and numerous personal favors from organized crime figures and city contractors in his capacity as mayor.

One hospital consortium, Partners HealthCare, that had been accused of extracting unjustifiably high reimbursements from insurers, has recently offered $40 million to help reduce big premium increases for small businesses and says it wants to be "part of the solution" in finding ways to reduce costs.

Reports of abuse are a staple of journalistic coverage of foreign domestic helpers, with accounts like one from Singapore in 2007 of a family that was accused of extracting their maid's front teeth, pouring hot wax on her head, hitting her with an iron rod, pouring hot water on her private parts and restraining her by tying her hands with a bathrobe.

[C3.] Radio Giant Accused of Extracting Payments for Play The New York attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, accused the radio giant Entercom Communications of soliciting money and gifts from record companies in exchange for playing songs on the air.

In a lawsuit filed in United States Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, the plaintiffs accused JPMorgan of extracting billions of dollars in collateral for loans just before Lehman's Sept. 15, 2008, bankruptcy by threatening to otherwise deprive Lehman of clearing services crucial to its broker-dealer business.

One important element of the regulations, he noted, requires the police to testify in court if they are accused of using torture to extract a confession.

Banks stand accused of systematically failing to extract the correct rents from the relevant employees for access to their balance-sheet and to their franchise.

Correa was accused of having always intended to extract the Yasuni oil and to have pursued a secret deal with a Chinese oil company.

Beijing is Africa's biggest trade partner and has frequently been accused of an ethically deaf "resource colonialism" – extracting the continent's mineral wealth at knockdown prices to propel its economic growth.

Lawyers also say that a number of others have "reappeared" in civilian jails, accused of terrorism charges based on confessions extracted after torture and interrogation.

Because of his grip, he has also been accused of exerting his influence in Trenton to extract rulings favorable to his Pinelands property.