Word: extortionate
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
His own family knew he was an undercover agent but little else. His wife and his three daughters, now 25, 23 and 21, sometimes would not see him for weeks at a time. While Pistone's family was sitting at home on Christmas Eve, Donnie Brasco would be out "bouncing...
Koch has been accused of basking in the spotlight while ignoring what goes on in the city's darker corners. He has been wounded most of all by unending investigations and indictments of members of his administration for bribery, perjury, extortion, skimming and conspiracy. City workers from top leaders down...
If the buffoon factor has crippled Mecham's governorship, charges of incompetence and corruption could kill it. Apart from spearheading the change to a 65-m.p.h. speed limit, the Governor's biggest accomplishment to date may be the opening of an Arizona tourism office in Taiwan. Says Republican State Senator...
The witness, Richard Flynn, a lawyer for Cablevision Systems Corp., did testify that Zaccaro told him in 1981, "It's going to cost you money" to get the contract. Flynn said he interpreted the statement not as an extortion attempt, however, but as a warning "about a process that was...
Extortion, protection rackets and tax fraud are the stuff of daily life. There are threats and occasionally even executions. It sounds like Al Capone's Chicago or Mafia-dominated Sicily in the days of gangland wars. But instead, all those evils are flourishing in today's Northern Ireland in neighborhoods...