Word: plundered
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...arrested Wednesday after police prevailed in scuffles with thousands of Estrada supporters gathered outside his home. Prosecutors allege that the former action-movie star, who campaigned for the presidency as a populist champion of the poor, had illegally amassed some $80 million during his presidency. The charge of economic plunder carries the death penalty, although it's unlikely that prosecutors will ask the court to execute a former head of state whose massive following may be inclined to believe his claim that he has been the victim of a conspiracy among the rich and powerful...
...Turkey-which had been getting on with an $11.4 billion IMF-backed program-economic reform means not just taking unpopular austerity measures but also transforming the entire state sector, removing it as a place of plunder and patronage by the political establishment. Turkey's state-owned banks serve the political machine, writing off debts as political favors. As a result, accumulated losses are staggering. For the two largest banks, the figure comes to $20 billion...
...Days of Plunder" --The Express, London...
After his flight, while the U.S. contemplated kidnapping Rich or putting a bounty on his head, he continued his lucrative exploits, allegedly helping Russian oligarchs plunder their country's resources. "He considers himself a citizen of the world, inconvenienced by the laws of nations," says Howard Safir, the former New York City police commissioner who, as head of operations for the U.S. Marshals Service in the '80s, tried unsuccessfully to lure Rich to a country that would deport...
...that this was a recount without standards. Beck also deserves credit for adding another fine term to the Election 2000 lexicon. He repeatedly objected to a manual recount in Miami-Dade because of his worries about the "spoliation" of the ballots. (Spoliate, from the early 18th century, means to plunder in war and to injure beyond reclamation.) Lewis told Beck to put his objections in writing...