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Alecto

American  
[uh-lek-toh] / əˈlɛk toʊ /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. one of the Furies.


Alecto British  
/ əˈlɛktəʊ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

Mr. Reddy, who was not implicated in the scandal and declined through a spokesman to be interviewed for this article, helped found Alecto the same year he left Prime.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2020

Lawsuits against Alecto seeking unpaid bills piled up.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2020

“She’s only Stunned,” said Professor McGonagall impatiently, who had stooped down to examine Alecto.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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