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  • 1juice racket — n. a racket where exorbitant interest is charged on loans. (Underworld.) □ The cops got one of the leaders of the juice racket. □ The juice racket is no picnic, I guess …

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  • 2Angelo DeCarlo — Angelo Gyp DeCarlo (September 2, 1902 October 20, 1973) was a member of the New York Genovese crime family who dominated loansharking operations in New Jersey during the 1960s. The subject of a two year federal undercover operation, DeCarlo s… …

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  • 3organized crime — n. a system or organization of people and groups engaged in criminal activities * * * Crime committed on a national or international scale by a criminal association; also, the associations themselves. Such associations engage in offenses such as… …

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  • 4List of The Prince of Tennis characters — The Prince of Tennis manga and anime series has a large cast of fictional characters created by Takeshi Konomi. Many of have appeared in the musical and film adaptations. The cast of the series is largely made up of the members of the various… …

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  • 5Tennis terminology — The following is a list of tennis terms, sorted alphabetically.TOC|left|Contents A* Ace ndash; a serve where the tennis ball served is served in and not touched by the receiver, aces are usually powerful and generally land on or near the one of… …

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  • 6Glossary of tennis terms — Tennis portal This page is a glossary of tennis terminology. Contents A B C D E F G …

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  • 8Loan shark — A loan shark is a person or body that offers illegal unsecured loans at high interest rates to individuals, often backed by blackmail or threats of violence. They provide credit to those who are unwilling or unable to obtain it from more… …

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  • 9Nicholas Calabrese — Born November 30, 1942(1942 11 30) Chicago, Illinois Nicholas W. Calabrese (born November 30, 1942) is the first made man ever to testify against the Chicago Outfit. His testimony and cooperation with federal prosecutors helped result in the 2007 …

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  • 10squash — I [[t]skwɒʃ, skwɔʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush 2) to suppress; quash 3) to press forcibly into a small space; cram 4) to become pressed into a flat mass or pulp 5) to make a splashing sound; splash 6) to squeeze or… …

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