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Word: strongarms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gangs make most of their money in the protection rackets, collecting "contributions" or "taxes" from merchants and shopkeepers, and hiring themselves out as strongarm debt collectors. Last month, armed with grenades, they invaded a suburban police station and forced police to release a group of "protected" prostitutes. Other veterans are less sophisticated. Some simply go into restaurants, enjoy an expensive meal and then refuse to pay; sometimes they even ask the proprietor for a loan. Others build shacks on other people's property and demand a fee to tear them down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Rage of the Wounded | 9/21/1970 | See Source »

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