Sentence examples for illegal pursuits from inspiring English sources

Ashley's father may have moved to Nuevo Laredo (another city plays the role here) because of his illegal pursuits, but his cavalier demeanor when he walks its streets and drinks in its bars rings as false as his smuggling.

Then, when the collective dream came to an end and there was a mass of losers in prison doing life without parole, the various international Mafias moved in and globalization decimated any free market competition, so that the sphere of illegal pursuits turned gray and humdrum like everything else.

Cherie was not alone in her illegal pursuits, her son (the Vice Chairman) and his wife (the Tribe's Financial Officer) were also involved, as well as the Tribe's former Administrator, Shelia said.

Beyond the direct (and illegal) pursuit of the giant catfish, the larger reason for their decline is probably the intensity of fishing in the Mekong over all.

It's not too much of a stretch to say that we can't rule out the prospect of farmed exotic meat spurring an illegal pursuit of the protein in its wilder form.

He chafed at Bill Clinton's hesitancy to bomb Serbia in 1999 and secretly reassured the Bush administration that it would not be alone in the illegal pursuit of regime change in Iraq as early as May 2002.

On the European continent, it is easy to denounce French poachers' illegal pursuit of an immediate payoff from the trapping and wholesale depletion of goldfinches.

The truth is that shacking up with a celeb and demanding a monetary settlement shortly thereafter may sound like a nice way to make a quick buck, but it's also a risky, and often illegal, pursuit.

When applied strictly, laws such as the immigration laws of Hong Kong imply that a "black and white" situation exists in which no extenuating circumstances exist which may "justify" a woman's illegal migration into Hong Kong or the illegal pursuit of paid employment.

It is the first time the council has explicitly backed illegal activity in pursuit of its goals.

Chinese authorities have declared the work of He Jiankui, who shocked the scientific community by claiming he successfully created the world's first gene-edited babies, an illegal decision in pursuit of "personal fame and gain".