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| 99% | 7 | Exact Match! | ||||||
noun • the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage | ||||||||
| 35% | 5 | Abscam, for one | ||||||
noun • a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung • a mental pain or distress • a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin • a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property • operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act verb • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort • deliver a sting to • saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous • cause a stinging pain • cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | ||||||||
| 24% | 9 | A group of crime families working together in organized crime | ||||||
noun • a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities • an association of companies for some definite purpose • a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication verb • join together into a syndicate • organize into or form a syndicate • sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations | ||||||||
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