racketeer
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9.3
- noun
- /ˌrækɪˈtɪr/
- NSFW
- The chase is on with Susan and Walker pursued by the black-market racketeers who, in turn, are trailed by the police.
- a notorious racketeer
- labor racketeers
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Watch on YouTubeYou're either a racketeer or you're a gangster.
- You're either a racketeer or you're a gangster.
- There's the earners, which we call the racketeers, and then there's the gangsters, that that's who they are.
- So they use me for that, but they also use me as a racketeer in business to control unions, jobs, making money, making deals.
Examples
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Loria the racketeer has removed 13 of his 14 highest-paid players since July.
Blog text (29) -
Ed Jones was a racketeer.
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A character, a racketeer, but his word was good.
Fiction book (1992) -
I told you not to marry that racketeer!
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The mystery big shop racketeer is in for a big surprise.
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So they use me for that, but they also use me as a racketeer in business to control unions, jobs, making money, making deals.
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He's a petty racketeer who uses pachinko as a front, like many other criminals.
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Lemoyne has long been considered a major racketeer in the Crescent City underworld scene.
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I'm talking about a billion dollars in low or no-interest loans this man has given to known racketeers for their illegal enterprises.
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The police arrested several men who were suspected to be racketeers involved in extortion.
Synonyms
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4.4
A person who is part of a group that does illegal things
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3.9
A dishonest person who cheats or steals
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5.8
A person who is part of a gang that does illegal things and often uses violence
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4.7
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to get their money
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4.8
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to take their money or valuables
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4.0
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
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6.3
A person who threatens to reveal private things to get money
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5.4
A person who tricks people to take their money
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9.1
A person who tricks others to get their money or things
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8.6
A person who gets money by threatening to tell secrets
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8.7
A person who belongs to a secret criminal group that uses violence
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7.9
A person who gets money by lying to or tricking people
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9.0
A person who makes someone give money or other things using threats
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8.9
A person who uses threats or force to get money from others
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9.9
A person who takes money unfairly by accepting bribes
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9.9
A person who cheats others to get money or things
Compounds
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8.8
United States law from 1970 used to fight organized crime by giving stronger punishments
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Etymology
Racketeer comes from the American slang racket, which means 'a dishonest scheme' to get money, plus the agent ending -eer, as in engineer or pioneer. So a racketeer is someone who runs a 'racket' and gets money by threats, cheating, or other illegal means.