criminal enterprise

collocation in English

meaningsofcriminalandenterprise

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criminal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl/
relating ...
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enterprise
noun
uk
/ˈen.tə.praɪz/us
/ˈen.t̬ɚ.praɪz/
an organization, especially a business, or a difficult and important plan, especially one that will ...
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(Definition ofcriminalandenterprisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcriminal enterprise

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Many young kids, knowingly or unknowingly, worked for some kind ofcriminalenterprise.
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It is against statute law that it should do so; it is acriminalenterprise.
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The proceeds of crime also provide the working capital for futurecriminalenterprise.
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That is a massivecriminalenterprise.
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They are very valuable for that purpose, and a well-plannedcriminalenterprise, such as a well-staged bank robbery, cannot be carried out without a good deal of planning.
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However, under this provision it would not be competent to prosecute the individual—the member of the public—for being the other party to thecriminalenterprisethat took place.
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While corruption may facilitatecriminalenterprisesuch as drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking, it is not restricted to these activities.
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Included, however, are those of acriminalenterprise, which would not attract tortious liability in the civil law.
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He was, however, found guilty of a single charge of racketeering conspiracy (running a corruptcriminalenterprise).
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He was charged with conducting acriminalenterprise, operating a chop shop, motor vehicle theft and possessing a controlled substance.
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Corruption may facilitatecriminalenterprisesuch as drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking, though is not restricted to these activities.
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He had command responsibility for crimes committed at the camp and acted as part of a jointcriminalenterprise.
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According to the indictment numerous persons participated in this jointcriminalenterprise.
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He amassed many millions of pounds through his greed andcriminalenterprise.
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It is extremely unfortunate that a felonious drug trafficker involved this family in hiscriminalenterprise.
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It is believed that the group conducted 120 robberies in what police have called a prolificcriminalenterprise.
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Nevertheless, in the second-degree verdict, the appeals chamber dismissed the notion of such a jointcriminalenterprise.
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A false document is usually created as an artistic exercise, but occasionally is promoted in conjunction with acriminalenterprise, such as fraud, forgery, or a confidence game.
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These writers point to numerous guerrilla conflicts that center around religious, ethnic or evencriminalenterprisethemes, and that do not lend themselves to the classic national liberation template.
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