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The Internal Revenue agent in Chicago an nounced last week that Scarface's own bank-accounts, and records of his nu merous gambling-joints, nightclubs, dog tracks, were being searched diligently; his indictment was forecast before spring.

From Time Magazine Archive

In all racket-ridden cities investigators are plodding away at gangsters' bank-accounts and records.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I never cared how much my wife checked me up on science, but when she checked me out of three bank-accounts I drew the line."

From Sunny Slopes by Hueston, Ethel

Freeling kept three bank-accounts, and it was found that on the day before he had so nearly checked out all the balances that the aggregate on deposit was not over twenty dollars.

From Cast Adrift by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

Many of the most prosperous farmers have opened bank-accounts.

From Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements by Washington, Booker T.