Racketeer

Word RACKETEER
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Definitions and meanings of "Racketeer"

What do we mean by racketeer?

A person who engages in an illegal business or other organized illegal activities. noun

To engage in an illegal business or other organized illegal activities. intransitive verb

One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business. noun

One who instigates or has involvement with a racket. noun

To carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemes. verb

To commit crimes systematically as part of a criminal organization. verb

Carry on illegal business activities involving crime verb

Someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) noun

One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.

One who instigates or has involvement with a racket.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Racketeer

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The word "racketeer" in example sentences

Time, the great racketeer, is always stealing from us. ❋ Unknown (2006)

He was identified as a racketeer in hearings before a U.S. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Webster's definition of 'racketeer': "one who obtains money by an illegal enterprise usually involving intimidation" ❋ Unknown (2009)

Three Azerbaijani wrestlers win silvers at European Championship - UPDATE Azerbaijan Press Council announces seven newspapers "racketeer" ❋ Unknown (2010)

Azerbaijan Press Council announces seven newspapers "racketeer" ❋ Unknown (2010)

Measured moves by feared waterfront racketeer Tino Fiumara to reassert his control over the New Jersey docks came to a sudden and decisive end last week. ❋ Jerry Capeci (2010)

In a secret FBI memo, Genovese soldier George Barone, a waterfront racketeer for decades, gave Fiumara the ultimate gangster compliment. ❋ Jerry Capeci (2010)

As a young lawyer, in 1991, he visited the convicted racketeer in prison, at the request of a relative, he told the Times. ❋ Jerry Capeci (2010)

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