Alecto

American

[uh-lek-toh] / əˈlɛk toʊ /

noun

Classical Mythology.

one of the Furies.

Alecto British

/ əˈlɛktəʊ /

noun

Greek myth one of the three Furies; the others are Megaera and Tisiphone

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Angelucci has urged West Virginia’s Republican governor, Jim Justice, to issue an executive order requiring Alecto Healthcare, the California-based for-profit chain that owns the hospital, to keep the facility open.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2020

They had been acquired by a for-profit company, Alecto Healthcare Services, beginning in 2014.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2020

He contended that the institutions would have closed years ago had Alecto not purchased them, and that the company lost tens of millions of dollars investing in the facilities.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2020

Lawsuits against Alecto seeking unpaid bills piled up.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2020

Alecto dropped me like a sack of turnips in the middle of the palace garden.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

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