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noun • someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) verb • carry on illegal business activities involving crime | ||||||||
| 33% | 7 | Peacekeepers for the most part ceding current base | ||||||
adjective • not possessing qualities befitting a man adverb • without qualities thought to befit a man adjective satellite • lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful | ||||||||
| 33% | 5 | Order back ruler ceding half an Arabian city | ||||||
noun • a city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh | ||||||||
Criminal Career Kept Failing After Ceding Power Crossword Clue
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RACKETEER which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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RACKETEER
Updated: October 14, 2023
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