organized crime
Example Sentences
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Gerry’s best friend was a Catholic priest known as Father Dan, a bland-seeming cleric whose family is connected to organized crime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026
She inherits the task of running a country hit by powerful organized crime gangs and chronic political instability, as it burned through eight presidents in the past decade.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
To combat a rise in extortion and homicide, she has pledged to place Peru’s prisons under direct military administration and allow judges to remain anonymous for high-profile organized crime trials.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
Still, the reference to 1930s-era Chicago law enforcement was apt, because it was an era of police lawlessness, where unconstitutional practices like the third-degree were justified as necessary to stopping organized crime.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
Brian had become a decorated sergeant detective, supervising a special unit that investigated organized crime.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
