Victims of the Depression or Members of Organized Crime?

criminals and murderers

the destitute

the dispossessed

the haves and the have-nots

the needy

to be caught up in a crisis

to be evicted by landlords

to be hit by unemployment

to be in dire straits

to be penniless

to be underprivileged

to be unemployed or jobless

to become a victim of the economic crisis

to belong to the Mafia (the syndicate or the underworld)

to blackmail important people

to break the law

to burglarize banks

to commit crimes

to corrupt or bribe officials

to counterfeit forged money

to crack safes

to go to the soup kitchen

to live on welfare

to lose one's job

to murder people

to operate a racket

to receive allowances and food stamps

to receive federal benefits

to rob banks

to starve

to traffic in alcohol or weapons ( bootlegging)

to wear shabby, worn-out clothes