variants
or less commonly antiracketeering
: serving or intended to prevent or punish racketeering
federal anti-racketeering laws
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He was charged two years ago in a sprawling indictment accusing him and more than two dozen other people of conspiring to violate Georgia’s anti-racketeering or RICO, law.
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Kate Brumback, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Young Thug, whose legal name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, is accused, with more than two dozen others, of conspiring to violate Georgia's anti-racketeering law and is also charged with drug, gun and gang crimes.
—Dhanika Pineda, ABC News, 16 July 2024
Trump has been charged in Georgia — along with more than a dozen other people — with breaking an anti-racketeering law in an attempt to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Willis used Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, law, an expansive anti-racketeering statute, to charge Trump and the 18 others.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
Willis used Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, an expansive anti-racketeering statute, to charge Trump and 18 others with allegedly participating in a wide-ranging conspiracy to overturn the state's 2020 election results.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Mar. 2024
Willis has faced some criticism over her wide-ranging indictment and use of the state’s anti-racketeering law to charge so many defendants.
—Kate Brumback, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
The first charge involved Georgia’s anti-racketeering law known as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
Roman’s motion questions Wade’s qualifications to be involved in a complex prosecution under Georgia’s anti-racketeering law.
—Kate Brumback, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2024
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Kate Brumback, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Young Thug, whose legal name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, is accused, with more than two dozen others, of conspiring to violate Georgia's anti-racketeering law and is also charged with drug, gun and gang crimes.
—Dhanika Pineda, ABC News, 16 July 2024
Trump has been charged in Georgia — along with more than a dozen other people — with breaking an anti-racketeering law in an attempt to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Willis used Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, law, an expansive anti-racketeering statute, to charge Trump and the 18 others.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
Willis used Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, an expansive anti-racketeering statute, to charge Trump and 18 others with allegedly participating in a wide-ranging conspiracy to overturn the state's 2020 election results.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Mar. 2024
Willis has faced some criticism over her wide-ranging indictment and use of the state’s anti-racketeering law to charge so many defendants.
—Kate Brumback, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
The first charge involved Georgia’s anti-racketeering law known as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
Roman’s motion questions Wade’s qualifications to be involved in a complex prosecution under Georgia’s anti-racketeering law.
—Kate Brumback, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2024
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