To me, that means someone is either a member of the Mafia or is benefiting financially from their endeavors.

At the very least it might distract the gambler from his endeavors.

One of the bordello's regulars, exhausted from his endeavors, asked the proprietor to devise a restorative.

The shadows lengthened, his arm and shoulder aching from his endeavors.

Cavaceppi made a considerable fortune from his endeavors.

The solu-tion came less from my own endeavors than by accident.

However, he does not have to kick up as much money from his criminal endeavors as an associate.

Its goal is to retain artists in the city and create opportunities for them to make a living from their artistic endeavors.

The student classes would then travel to Mexico and back with their grades dependent upon the profit earned from their endeavors.

To manage this, the conspiracy pulled back from all its other endeavors for a year and a half.