Word: extortionate
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The appearance of the poisoned candy was the latest in a series of extortion attempts aimed at two of Japan's major confectioners, Morinaga & Co., Ltd., and Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. Katsuhisa Ezaki, Ezaki Glico's president, was kidnaped last March at his home near Osaka. He escaped...
Among the Italian-American mobsters who are believed to have collaborated with U.S. intelligence before the Allied landing in Sicily was Charles ("Lucky')' Luciano. In 1946, Dewey commuted his 30-to 50-year sentence for running a New York prostitution ring so that he could be deported to...
Given Rhode Island's recent political embarrassments, it is hardly surprising that Solomon, who succeeded in disclaiming party ties, was the winner. The Democrats' 1982 gerrymandering of senate districts proved so crude that the courts ruled it unconstitutional. Over the past year 16 Providence city employees and vendors...
Premier then threatened the homeowners with legal action if they did not pay a $300 fee. In response, a group of about 1,200 of the alleged pirates hired the firm of Melvin Belli, the famed attorney whose clients have included Errol Flynn, Mae West and Jack Ruby, to sue...
An American Airlines spokesman, John Hotard, tried to shrug off the embarrassing episode. Said he: "It happened, and now all we can do is laugh about it." The details of Rearick's life emerged following the ceremony. After his arrest and conviction on an extortion charge, Rearick was sentenced...