Word: gangdom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...boxer who was running his own mob in Cleveland at 19, Cohen went on to work in a Chicago gambling casino owned by the Capone syndicate, then turned to bookmaking in California. After Benjamin ("Bugsy") Siegel was shot in 1947, Cohen became the high-living kingpin of Los Angeles gangdom. He was sentenced to prison twice, both times on charges of income tax evasion. Cohen was released in 1972, partially paralyzed as the result of being hit over the head with a piece of pipe by a fellow inmate at the Atlanta federal penitentiary...