racketeer

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noun

rack·e·teer ˌra-kə-�?tir

Synonyms of racketeer next

: one who obtains money by an illegal enterprise usually involving intimidation

racketeer

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verb

racketeered; racketeering; racketeers

intransitive verb

: to carry on a racket

transitive verb

: to extort money from

Examples of racketeer in a Sentence

Noun the racketeer threatened to have his thugs vandalize the shop if the shopkeeper didn't pay him a monthly bribe

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Noun

Oh yeah, this relationship with this 38-year-old racketeer is so beautiful. —

Michael Cuby, Them, 1 Aug. 2024 While President Herbert Hoover had waged a war against kidnappers and racketeers, Roosevelt amplified the effort dramatically, pushed it in new directions, and overcame the jurisdictional, racial, partisan, and class divisions that had previously obstructed the law-and-order state. —

Anthony Gregory / Made By History, TIME, 23 July 2024

Verb

Williams back in April pleaded guilty to racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations, or RICO, conspiracy. —

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 15 Nov. 2024 And Connick learned firsthand about being a defendant: Federal prosecutors charged him in 1990 with racketeering and aiding a sports-betting operation. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for racketeer