drug cartel; drug ring; drug syndicate
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
transactions; dealings; business
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
to order; to command; to appoint
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
section manager; section chief
telephone call; telephone (device)
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to smash violently; to crush
and; thereupon; because of that
interior; inside; internal
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged