Sentence examples for racketeering was from inspiring English sources

That piece of paper, which Mr. Calabro said was from Thomas Gioeli, a reputed mob boss who is on trial for murder and racketeering, was as good as a death warrant, Mr. Calabro said.

Under RICO, it is a crime for an individual to belong to an "enterprise" that is involved in a pattern of racketeering, even if the racketeering was committed by other members.

Mr Carruthers, who is facing charges of running an illegal betting operation and racketeering, was brought into Fort Worth's federal court in handcuffs which were unlocked while he faced the judge.

But Mr. Kaplan, whom a federal judge said prosecutors had been "relatively unsuccessful" in tying to organized crime, pleaded guilty to racketeering, was sentenced to 16 months, paid a fine and gave up the club to the government.

Stanley M. Friedman, the Bronx Democratic power broker who was later convicted of racketeering, was given a lifetime position on the board, with a salary of twenty thousand dollars, as well as an office, a secretary, a chauffeured car.

The authority's inspector general, Barry L. Kluger, has been lobbying to standardize the vetting process for contractors and subcontractors since 2008, when a moving company rejected by one of the authority's constituent agencies because its owner had been convicted of racketeering was hired by another.

One of the better comic riffs was that racketeering is like any other racket: profits dwindle, employees shirk their duties, and younger protégés don't know their place.

Additional charges pertaining to corruption, fraud, and racketeering were later filed against Malema.

The practice Smithfield calls racketeering is, Ms. Mark-Viverito said, what others call lobbying.

A criminal trial against Mr. Aliyev on charges of abduction and racketeering is expected to begin within days.

Racketeering is the norm: one entrepreneur built his house on top of a buried oil pipeline, drilled into it and siphoned off quantities of fuel.