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racketeer
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rack·et·eer  (rk-tîr)
n.
A person who commits crimes such as extortion, loansharking, bribery, and obstruction of justice in furtherance of illegal business activities.
intr.v. rack·et·eered, rack·et·eer·ing, rack·et·eers
To carry on illegal business activities that involve crimes.
racketeer [ˌrækɪˈtɪə]
n
a person engaged in illegal enterprises for profit
vb
(intr) to operate a racket
racketeering  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.racketeer - someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)racketeer - someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
underworld - the criminal class
bagman - a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money
criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Verb1.racketeer - carry on illegal business activities involving crime
carry on, conduct, deal - direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"
Translations
racketeer [ˌrækɪˈtɪəʳ] N (esp US) → estafador(a) m/f
racketeer [ˌrækɪˈtɪər] n (mainly US) → racketteur m
racketeer
n → Gauner(in) m(f) (inf); (in serious crime) → Gangster(in) m(f); (making excessive profit) → Halsabschneider(in) m(f) (inf)
racketeer [ˌrækɪˈtɪəʳ] n (esp Am) → trafficante m/f
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Sokaiya racketeers extort money from companies through such techniques as using embarrassing information to blackmail them and threatening to cause trouble at shareholders meetings by asking questions related to such information.
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In claiming that sit-ins were extortionist, NOW was seeking to prove that anti-abortion protesters, who were mainly indistinguishable in their behavior from NOW allies such as civil-rights protestors, were in fact racketeers.
A real racket: Now's scheme to silence abortion protest by Vitullo-Martin, Julia / Commonweal
The Supreme Court forcefully rejected the argument that pro-life demonstrators were racketeers engaged in extortion.
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