Sentence examples for threatening criminal from inspiring English sources

And he is threatening criminal prosecutions.

It had backed a "counter-initiative" giving shareholders more voting powers without threatening criminal sanction.

(A law that killed voter registration efforts by threatening criminal action against anyone who registered an ineligible voter, even by mistake, has recently been reversed by a federal judge).

Czech concert promoters are suing Mr. Flatley, above, and threatening criminal charges after he pulled out of his engagement there, scheduled for an Aug. 27 premiere, Radek Coufal, a lawyer speaking for the promoters, said yesterday.

Consider this article on Politico about officials in Iowa and Texas threatening criminal prosecution against international election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe if they come too close to the polls next Tuesday (300 feet in Iowa and 100 feet in Texas).

By resigning from Parliament's lower house, the Duma, he will surrender his immunity to criminal prosecution just as the government is threatening criminal action against other tycoons -- and after prosecutors questioned him on Friday in a criminal inquiry involving the Russian airline Aeroflot.

Unimpressed with the government's response, the court threatened criminal prosecutions of four ministers.

Yet a few states even threaten criminal penalties for breaking the rules.

Elite has also threatened criminal proceedings against the BBC alleging that the covert filming methods used were illegal.

In 2009, the Justice Department contended that UBS had conspired to enable 17,000 wealthy Americans to engage in tax fraud and threatened criminal charges.

A few even threaten criminal sanctions for those who violate such rules: in Alabama, the maximum penalty is an incredible 20 years in jail.