Word: extortionate
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The basic problem is simple Though White himself seems to have kept his own hands clean, the leaders of his machine, with his apparent approval have regularly engaged in extortion and misuse of city resources. The latter has generally involved petty acts aimed at political foes Last winter, for instance...
But it took juicier stuff than that to convict four city officials in 1982 on a variety of charges involving tax evasion, bribery and extortion in connection with their city positions--convictions which gave momentum to an investigation of the White machine by U.S. Attorney William F. Weld '66 Quite...
On Jan. 23, 1978, Fantich disappeared, along with a woman who ran a jewelry store, which Fantich owned, and an apparently innocent bystander, Dr. William Fitzpatrick. Police picked up Wilkerson for questioning. While he was in custody, all three missing persons were shot and buried about 100 miles west of...
One day after her husband's arrest, LeAnn Lewis surrendered to authorities in Chicago. She was held on $5 million bond after U.S. Attorney Dan Webb alleged that she helped her husband send a mid-October death threat to President Reagan. The letter, allegedly in James Lewis' handwriting...
Despite Lewis' arrest and his alleged connection to the Tylenol extortion, police admitted they had no evidence to prove that he did more than piggyback on the notoriety of the deaths. Says Chicago Police Superintendent Richard Brzeczek: "It appears unlikely Lewis will ever be linked to the seven murders...