Sentence examples for retribution scheme from inspiring English sources

The Christie administration closed down two of the three George Washington Bridge access lanes in Fort Lee, N.J., in September, in what appeared to be a political retribution scheme aimed at the borough's Democratic mayor.

WASHINGTON -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) sought to quell mounting questions over whether his administration used the busiest U.S. bridge in a political retribution scheme, holding a lengthy press conference Friday where he gave his first extended remarks on the issue since the controversy erupted.

The Nigerian money-laundering scam, perhaps the most iconic of spams, has inspired retribution schemes far more ingenious than the variations of the scam itself, in which the relative of a deposed third-world leader promises riches if the recipient will help him spirit money out of [fill in the country].

In a scheme to exact retribution from her most recent ex-lover, the marquise persuades Valmont to seduce Cécile, the ex-lover's 15-year-old intended (Erin Partin), and then, as additional prey, to add a pious and beautiful married woman, Madame de Tourvel (Roxanna Hope).

The fictional Sopranos boss may have provided a template for the tough-guy style of leadership that Christie embodies, but even Tony would probably never have dreamed up a scheme for petty retribution like the one that Governor Christie's office implemented last September.

"Given my familial relationship with senior members of the Venezuelan government, I believed that we were potential targets for an extortionate scheme or other violent attempt at retribution against my family and country," Campo Flores said earlier this year.

"Given my familial relationship with senior members of the Venezuelan government, I believed that we were potential targets for an extortionate scheme or other violent attempt at retribution against my family and country," Campo Flores said.

But a cable from the embassy told a very different story: Mr. Sahibi was a victim of "kangaroo court justice," it said, in what appeared to be retribution for his attempt to halt a corrupt land-distribution scheme.

That thirst for retribution could also deter banks, investors and others from participating in the schemes.

It was revealed that after Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich refused to join other Democratic mayors in endorsing Christie, Christie aides schemed to close lanes on the George Washington Bridge allegedly as political retribution.

"Karmic retribution".