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...pponents.”<ref name="Hoffman-1998-p32">Hoffman (1998), p. 32, See review in The [[New York Times]][http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-terrori ...se of "systematic use of terror as a policy" was first recorded in English in 1798.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/terrorism]</ref>

...refers to the use of symbolic acts of violence against structural targets, in which the act is intended to evoke a broader meaning. ...om deeds and not the other way around." [[Mikhail Bakunin]] (1814–1876), in his "Letters to a Frenchman on the Present Crisis" (1870) stated that "we m

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...nce, and profits come from the criminal endeavors his organization engages in.<ref>Pistone, Joseph D. ''The Way of the Wiseguy: The FBI's Most Famous Und There is a typical structure which crime organizations may operate under. The [[Mafia]], being a very prominent exam

...have had members accused) of such activity but are not inherently criminal in their nature (such as [[Outlaw motorcycle club|motorcycle clubs]] or Chines ...local corruption and lack of law enforcement to establish cartels turning in millions if not billions of dollars each year. Sometimes if government enfo

...ony'''. It is said to date back hundreds of years, and to have its origins in Sicily. The ceremony involves significant ritual, oaths, blood, and an agre ...ct and specific people for membership—one cannot just choose to join up. In [[Tommaso Buscetta]]’s testimony for the “pizza connection” narcotics