Sentence examples for criminal forces from inspiring English sources

China before 1949 was a chaotic mix of competing political, military and criminal forces.

He also ran hard on crime, promising to "take the offensive against the criminal forces that threaten the peace and security of every American".

Rather, he apparently meant that statutes like the no-knock statute and the preventive-detention statute would serve as a "symbolic" warning — a red light — to the "criminal forces" (as the President phrased it).

We witness the growth of the Sicilian separatist movement, an attack on a communist peasant gathering, a kidnapping and the government, separatists, police and army linking up at various times with the criminal forces they are supposed to oppose.

Dubbed "the world's most violent megacity", armed muggings, carjackings and extortion are part of everyday life in Karachi, where political and criminal forces vie for ownership of the city.

When I told him what had happened he announced in his matter-of-fact tone that my friend "deserves it" for joining the criminal forces attacking "peaceful and beautiful Syria".

Berg said the study also showed conditions that might constitute criminal forced labour.

The accused were charged with conspiracy to overthrow the Government of Prime Minister Dudley S. Senanayake by criminal force.

He faces charges of (pdf) "complicity to execute a criminal agreement", "undermining the constitutional system" and "opposing public authority by violence or criminal force".

A 60-strong gang of Syrian men are currently said to be the dominant criminal force, operating an extortion racket with seeming impunity.

In the middle are men like Diaz who are increasingly making the barras bravas a criminal force to be reckoned with.