A group of police officers band together and regularly steal money from organizations that violate tax practices in the United States. According to Lawrence Sherman's three-part typology of the different levels of corruption, this group of police officers would most likely be labeled
A. a rotten pocket.
B. an extortion racket.
C. the grass eaters.
D. squealers.
Answer: A
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